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French & Indian War
The French and the British were fighting for more land in the colonies. The Native Americans sided with the French. -
The Stamp Act
It was a tax that Americans had to pay for the soldiers that protected the colonies. This made the colonists angry, and they protested.The tax was put on papers and other documents. -
The Boston Massacre
A man was insulting a soldier and the soldier hit the boy. Then a group of men surrounded the soldiers and started to throw snow ad insults at them. When one of the nine soldiers fell to the ground, the other eight shot into the crowd, killing five men. It happened because the colonists were mad about the taxes. -
The Boston Tea party
A group of colonists dressed as Native Americans poured tons of tea over board a ship which belonged to the East India Tea Company, because they were mad about the taxes. This led to the Intolerable acts. -
Intolerable Acts
The British closed the sea ports and cut off self government becasue they were mad at the colonists for throwing all the tea (the Boston Massacre) into the water. The governor could also move where the trials take place. This also angered the colonists. -
The Shot Heard Around The World
When the governor heard about the minute men storing arms about 20 miles from Boston he sent 700 men to take away the arms and capture the important leaders. Paul Revere and William Dawes ran through towns in the night to warn other minutemen. When the British told them to go home, they refused, and a shot came out of nowhere. That was the first shot of the Revolutionary war. -
The First Continental Congress Meeting
12 out of the 13 colonies’ delegates came together to find a way to persuade the British into repealing the Intolerable acts. They came together because they were mad about the Intolerable Acts. -
Colonists Divivded
The colonists did not agree on a side. Some wanted independence and some wanted to A) not be punished and B) they may have benefitted from the British. -
Common Sense
Thomas Paine wrote a fifty page pamphlet persuading colonists that they should seek independence from Britain. He wrote it to persuade more people to being independent. As a result, more and more colonists decided to be independent. The Declaration of Independence followed. -
Retreat from New York
The fighting had moved from New England to the Middle States because they had to retreat from New York. -
The Declaration Of Independence
The Continental Congress wrote a Declaration to say the colonies are no longer British subjects, Because Thomas Paine convinced everyone that independence was a good thing. What follows is war. -
An American Victory
At Saratoga, New York, the Americans had the British surrounded. Then Burgoyne surrendered. The win lifted the Patriot’s spirits and was a threat to Britain, saying, it wouldn’t be easy to win. -
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Valley Forge
It was a campground where George Washington and his 11,000 men stayed. They were starving and cold and 2,5000 died because of that. There, they were trained by Baron Friedrich von Steuben and did drills over and over again with him. It got them into shape for war. -
The Final Battle
The French and American worked together to capture General Cornwallis. This was the final battle/scene from the Revolutionary war; the Americans had won the Revolutionary war. -
The Treaty Of Paris
The treaty of Paris was signed in Paris and made peace with Britain after the Americans had won the war.
