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French and Indian War
The French and British went to war over the Ohio River. Indians had to choose which side they wanted to partner up with. -
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton was one of the Founding Fathers, Hamilton led the Treasury Department as a trusted member of President Washington's first Cabinet. -
Proclamation of 1763
This proclamation rendered worthless all land grants given by the government to British subjects who fought for the Crown against France. -
Townshend Act
The Townshend Acts were a series of British Acts of Parliament passed during 1767 and 1768 and relating to the British in North America -
Boston Massacre
British Soldiers shot and killed 5 men while under harassment by the locals. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was Protest by the Sons Of Liberty, Colonist dressed like Native Americans went of the ships that had the tea and they threw the tea in the Harbor. -
First Continental Congress
A meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies -
Intolerable Act
The Intolerable Acts were punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. -
Lexington and Concord
The battle of Lexington and Concord was the war that kicked of the Revolutionary war. -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Congress managed the Colonial war effort and moved incrementally towards independence. -
Common Sense
Common Sense[1] was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–76 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. -
Marquis de Lafayette
Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, known in the United States simply as Lafayette, was a French aristocrat and military officer who fought in the American Revolutionary War, commanding American troops in several battles, including the Siege of Yorktown. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was written by Thomas Jefferson and this stated that the 13 colonies wanted freedom and it had all the bad things that the British Empire had done. (Basically it said that they had freedom) -
Battle of Trenton
The Battle of Trenton was a small but pivotal battle during the American Revolutionary War which took place on the morning of December 26, 1776, in Trenton, New Jersey. -
Washington Crosses the Delaware
Washington Crossing the Delaware is a painting of Washington "Crossing the Delaware" this painting was made by Emanuel Leutze. a German-American artist. -
Battle of Saratoga
The Battles of Saratoga marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign, This was the turning point of the Revolutionary war, because the British new that they had some competition. The 13 Colonies won this war. -
France Provides aid to the colonist
France saw that America needed the help and they were allies so they decided to help them out and provide aid to them, and help them. -
Siege of Yorktown
The Siege of Yorktown, was the last battle of the Revolutionary war, the British surrendered because they knew that America would not give up. -
Treaty of Paris
This Ended the Revolutionary War and let the Thirteen Colonies be Independent. -
Articles of Confederation
Articles of Confederation was an agreement among the 13 Colonies that served as its first constitution.
