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The Treaty Of Paris
The Treaty of Paris brought the French and Indian War to an end, causing the French to lose all of the North American continent. -
Proclamation of 1763
King George III created the proclamation that forbid colonists to settle on the west side of the Appalacian Mountains. He hoped to win over those who sided against him in the French and Indian War leading up to the American Revolution. -
Stamp Act
The British Parliament issued a new tax on all American colonists requiring them to pay taxes on printed paper, legal documents, lisences, newspapers, and even playing cards. The money collected was used to help pay for the protecttion of the American Frontier, near the Appalacian Mountains. -
Quartering Acts
British officers that fought in the French and Indian war could not get the colonial assemblies to help pay for their troops. -
Sons of Liberty
The sons of liberty were a group of men who wanted the freedom of America. They may have been the masterminds behind the Boston Tea Party. -
Sam Adams
Samual Adams proposed the first continental congress. -
Boston Masacre
The killing of five colonists by Brittish soldiars. Also known as the bloody masacre. 8 colonists were wounded. -
Intlerable act
Laws that were truely punishments made by king George the lll. These banned town meetings, allowed Brittish troops to stay in peoples houses, and granted religous freedom to catholics in Quebec. -
Boston tea party
Massachusetes colonists were angry about Brittish taxes so the dumped 342 chests of tea in the Boston harbor. -
Patriots
Patriots were colonists fighting against the Brittish. An early patriot orbanization was the Boston tea party. -
1st Continental Congress
The congress were upset about the intolerable acts, and taxes against them, therefore they met in secret so the Brittish did not catch them. Meetings were held to discuss the unfair way the Brittish were treating them. And the rights that they should have. -
John Adams
John Adams was very involved in the Continental Congresses. He also appointed George Washington to be commander in chief of the colonial army. -
Loyalists
Colonists who were loyal to the Brittish durring the Revolutionary war. -
Paul Revere
Famous for his midnight ride warning the colonists that the Brittish were comming. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
On April 18, Brittish troops marched from Boston to nearby Concord to take their weapons. Paul Revere road through the night warning others of the red coats attack. In Lexington the shot was fired begining the revolutionary war. -
Benedict Arnold
Bendict Arnold was a hero before he was a traitor. Among other things, he commanded the seige of Fort Ticonderoga and Quebec. -
Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine thought that America should be independent from England. He shared his idea through his pamphlet, Common Sense. -
Townshend acts
The townshend acts were a series of laws sayinging that glass, lead, paints, paper, and teas would be imported. They hoped that this would ease the expenses, because of people like Benjamin Franklin and other Americans in Britain had argued about the parliments power to inforce the stamp act. -
Declaration of Independence
The movement for independence from Britian had grown and by June 1776, Tomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Benjamin Franklin had started to draft a statement declaring the colonie's independence. -
George Washington
George Washington was America's first president and a very important Revolutionary War general. He is known as the father of our country. -
Battle of Saratoga
These battles were a turning point in the revolution. At first the Brittish were victorious over the Patriots, but the Patriots came back and the Brittish and hessians surrendered.This battle resulted in the Americans and French becoming allies. -
Battle of Yorktown
George Washington, and 17,000 French and continental troops took Yorktown Virginia from the Brittish. Believed to be the most iomportant battle of the revolutionary war. General lord Cornwallis surrendered. -
Treaty of Paris
The treaty of Paris was the ending of the revolutionary war.
