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Treaty of Paris 1763
The Treaty of Paris formally ended the French and Indian War. It marked the beginning of an era of British dominance outside of war. The treaty did not invovle Prussia and Austria, as they signed a seperate agreement five days later. -
Proclomation of 1763
The Royal Proclomation of 1763 crushed the spirits of the colonists by stating that the western frontier was closed to colonistic expansion, excluding Ohio Valley and all the territory from Ohio to Mississippi revers from settlement. It also defined four new colonies and angered Native Indian populations because it required that Indian people were under the protection of the king and that all Indian Territory occupied by Englishmen were abandoned. This lit the fuse to revolution. -
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Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was parliments first serious attempt to assert government authority over the colonies. It required all colonists to pay taxes on stamps. -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act was an act agaisnt mutiny and desertion. It got its name for rendering the better payment of the army and their quarters. -
The Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts were a series of acts beginning in 1767. They raised revenue in the colonies to raise salaries for governers and judges. They were also used to punish the province of New York that had failed to meet the Quartering Act. -
Boston Massacre
It was the brutal murder of five colonists by British soldiers in the streets of Boston. It was the culmination of tension in the American colonies that had been growing since royal troops had arrived. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party took place when a group of Massacheusets patriots siezed 342 chests of tea on a midnight raid of three ships and threw the tea into the harbor. -
Sons of Liberty
The Sons of Liberty were a group of patriots formed to protect the rights of the colonists. They also protested the British abuse and are best known for undertaking the Boston Tea Party. -
Sam Adams
Samuel Adams was an American statesman and one of the founders of the United States, he was a leader of the movement that became the American Revolution. He was also very influential in the political culture of the United States. One of his important acts was the Coercive Acts were passed in 1774. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts shut American harbors and proceeded in other acts of revenge. They were hoping that they could force America to yield and admit that they needed England. It was also a punishment to Boston for its Tea Party. -
1st Continental Congress
The 1st Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from 12 different colonies (Georgia was not present). It was intended by 56 members appointed by legislature. -
Loyalists
Loyalists were American colonists who remained loyal to Great Britain during the revolutionary war. Historians estimated that 15-20% of colonists during the revolution were loyalists, this was roughly 500,000 people. -
George Washington
Goerge Washington was the 1st president of the United States and one of the original founding fathers. Some of his military accomplishments include: The Battle of Saratoga, and the Battle of Yorktown. Another of his great feats was becoming the commander-in-chief during the revolutionary war. -
Hessians
Hessians were German soldiers under contract to fight for the British Army during the revolutionary war. Approximately 30,000 of them fought under the crown in the colonies during the fighting. -
Martha Custis Washington
Martha Washington was the wife of George Washington. After she was widowed she re-married George Washington giving him a large amount of money and gave him much land and many slaves. -
Paul Revere
Paul Revere was famed for his midnight ride warning the colonists that the British were coming. He was an American silversmith who had risen from poverty to make a life for himself. He was born on January 1st 1735. -
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
The Battle of Lexington and Concord was the first battle of the American Revolution. Tensions had been building for many years and on the night of April 8th 1775 hundreds of Brithish troops began preparing for battle. -
John Adams
John Adams was the 2nd president of the US having already been the 1st vice president. He was an American founding father and a leading advocate in American independence. He also nominated George Washington to be commander-in-chiefe on May 10th 1775. -
Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine was an English-American political activist and he was also a renound author. He was born in Thetford, England in the county of Norfolk but moved to the US in 1774. He wrote a famous pamphlet named Common Sense in 1776. -
Decleration of Independence
The Decleration of Independence was a document stating that the 13 American colonies regarded themselves as independent states and were no longer part of Great Britain. -
Patriots
The patriots also known as the rebels were the colonists of America that violently rebeled against British control during the revolution. And in July 1776 declared the United States of America an independent nation. -
Battle of Saratoga
The Battle of Saratoga was the turning point of the revolutionary war. 5895 Brtish troops surrendered their arms and Brithish general John Burgoyne had suffered a loss of 86% of his troops. -
Benedict Arnold
Benedict Arnold was a general during the Americn Revolution who betrayed the United States for Brtitain. He betrayed the United States in 1780. -
Battle of Yorktown
General George Washington commanded an army of 17,000 French and Continental troops. This began the siege of Yorktown against Brithish general Lord Charles Cornwallis. -
Lord Cornwallis
Lord Cornwallis was an English general during the revolutionary war. He is well known for his surrender in 1981 at the siege of Yorktown which ended significant fighting in the colonies. -
Treaty of Paris 1783
The Treaty of Paris 1783 officially ended the revolutionary war. It was signed in Paris by Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay. It also created the borders for the new nation, and it required Britain to remove all of its troops from the United States. -
Abigail Adams
Abigail Adams was the wife of John Adams and the mother of John Quincy Adams. She is well-known for the letters she wrote to her husband during the Continental Congress. These letters were full of political discussion and other such things. In 1784 she and her children joined John Adams in Paris. -
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was the 3rd president of the United States and was an American Founding Father. He also served in Continetal Congress during the revolutionary war. At another point he also was a diplomat in Paris. In May 1785 he became the United States Minister of France.
