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The French and Indian War -Carissa
The French and British fought against each other and then soon Indians joined into the battle against the British because they were afraid they would take their land. Some of the important people of the French and Indian war are George Washington, William Pitt, William Johnson, and many others. -
Proclamation of 1763 -Ella
The Proclamation of 1763 happend on October 7th,1763.It happened because King George III drew a border called the Proclamation Line. He told the Colonists they couldn't cross the border, but the Colonists crossed any way to proove their point. It left the Colonists mad at King George III for putting the line, and making their decisions, -
The Sugar Act
The important people that were apart of the sugar act were the navy pesence and lord grenvile . The out come was that every body had to pay taxes. The taxes were mostly raised on things with sugar like certain wines,coffee,pimiento,cambric,and printed calico and this made them really really mad. -
The Currency Act -Matin
King George III
The outcome was the British wanted the gold and silver mines in the colonies. -
The Stamp Act
The importand people that were in th Stamp Act were John Cotton,The British -
The Quartering Act Of 1765 - Hudson
Parliament passes the Quartering Act, outlining the locations and conditions in which British Soldiers are to find room and board in the American colonies. -
Virginia Stamp Act Resolutions -Sam
The important people involed were Patrick Henry and King George III. The Virginia Stamp Act Resolutions happened because the peeople were tired of paying unneeded taxes. -
Patrick Henry speech: "If this be treason, make the most of it!"
Patrick Henry was added to to the house of Burggeses saying that King George lll wanted the house of Burgesses to pass the stamp act but these men: Thomas Pain, Samuel Adams, and Patrick Henry spoke against him, "If there be treason then make,the most of it!" Patrick Henry said King George lll was so mad that he sent all the members of the house of Burgsees home and told them that they could not meet again. -
The Stamp Act Congress-Emily
The Stamp Act Congress was formed by a man named James Otis. Otis came up with this wonderful idea to get all the colonies together and be heard by the king. They wanted the unfair taxes to stop and the colonies couldn't do this all by themselves so the got together. This was the first time that the colonies joined each other to fight for what they wanted. Boycotts helped secure the repeal of The Stamp Act. The Stamp Act Congress lead to the Stamp Act Resolves. -
The Townshend Acts
The Townshend acts happend in the year of 1767 and ended in 1770. The British added taxes to Paint, glass, lead, Paper, and imported tea. The british soldiers also went house to house taking taxes themselves to keep the british officials living. This upsetted the colonists very much and they started a big big war. The war was named after exchuer charles townshend. -
The Boston Massacre-Corbin
The Boston Massacre happened because a angry mob lost their jobs, and they were mad at the British.The British won the battle and killed 4 people that night. -
The Gaspee Affair- Hailey
The most important people involved with The Gaspee Affair were William Dudingston, John Brown, and King George lll. The Gaspee Affair happened because of the Stamp Act. The outcome of The Gaspee Affair included Rhode Islanders setting fire to the Gaspee (a ship), burning her waterline and her powder magazine exploded. -
The Tea Act-Ashton
Benjaman Franklin< Samuel Adams
The purpose was to raise revenue from the colonists and the outcome was that the colonist destroyed property. This event lead to the Boston Tea Party. -
Boston Tea Party--Erin
Samuel Adams, John Hancock, James Otis, Paul Reverre and Joseph Warren
To show King George III that they don't want to pay taxes on something they didn't have a say in (tea). Patriots dumped 300+ boxes of tea into Boston Harobor. This event lead to the Intolerable Acts. -
Intolerable Acts-Nathan
The red coats wanted to punish Massachusts citizens for throwing tea into the Boston Harbor
Important people: Samuel Adams, Sons of liberty -
Patrick Henry's "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!" Speech-Jenna
The important people involved in this event are Patrick Henry, Lord Dunmore, and King George III and it occured at St.John's Church. The last line from Patrick Henry's speech was "I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!" After the famous speech, King George III ordered gunpowder in Williamsburg to be seized and stored in his ship. He did this to keep guns out of Patriot hands. Patrick Henry helped with the fight for freedom! -
Midnight Rides of Paul Revere-Evan
The purpose of what these three men did was to warn the towns people the the British were coming. First they had to warn Addams and Hancock that the British were coming to arrest them. Then they had to go on to Lexington and Concord to prepare the militia. If they did not warn everyone, then there would be no war because they couldn't be prepared to fight, some people would have died, and the war would have been lost. -
Battle of Lexington & Concord
In 1783 the colonists formally won their indapendance.It kicked off the revalutionary war. The outcome of the battle was a big victory for the patriots. -
The Battle of Bunker Hill
The British Chef (William Howe) wanted to take over the hill to start clearing the amaricans out. The british won the hill, but the first time they tryed they failed -
Olive Branch Petition - Nathan
The petition showed how much colonists were loyal to king George III King George the colonist Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson are a big part of this event -
The Battle of Ticonderoga
The battle of Ticonderoga took place in July 10 1775 and ended in 1777. Duing that time period the french built a great giant wall to protect themselves and the fort carillon fur trading routes from the british. Both siides wanted to have control of the waterways from canada. If both sides faught the side that won would get control of the waterways and would get great power. -
Battle of Quebec
Benedict Arnold, Richard Montgomery, James Livingston, Guy Carelton
The outcome was the patriots were invading Quebec but they faailed and the effort lost Montgmomerys life. -
Thomas Paine's "common Sense"
Thomas Paine published a pamphlet called "Common Sense" sharing his argument in favor of american independance. Sometimes this pamphlet drove emagrants out of their homes to persue descendants. In 1787 Paine kept writing pamphlets like "The rights of a Man" or " reflections on the french revelution in france." Paine died In 1802. -
The Declaration Of Indenpendence Written and Signed - Hudson
Congress picked a commitee to write a delcaration explaning why the coloines wanted independence. They chose Jhon Adams, Roger Sherman, Benjaimen Franklin, Robert Livingston, and Thomas Jefferson. They wrote it to become independence from England. -
Washington Crosses The Delaware -Ella
The purpose of Washington Crossing the Delaware was to surprise an attack against the Hessian Forces in Trenton. The Hessian soldiers didn't like what Washington did, they felt like it needed to come to a stop. -
The Battle of Trenton-Nathan
After being driven out of New York by the British they were forced to retreat to the bank of Delaware during the late summer if 1775 the American's cause was washington resolved a attack in the Hessian -
Battle of Princeton -Matin
Charles Cornwall,Charles Mawhood,George Washington
Battle of Princeton was about the British invading New Jersey so they could make it a british city. -
Battle of Sarztoga
The important people in this battle Benedict Arnold,GeneralHoratio Gates General and John Burrgoyne.The importance of this battle was to show the french that the patriats could win and eventuly they did with the freanch men's help -
Articles of Confederation adopted -Ella
On November 15, 1777 the Articles of Confederation was adopted. The Articles of Confederation was the first ever written Constituation of the U.S.
The problem with the first attempt is that we gave to little power to the Federal Government. John Dickinson was one of the important people besides the Second Continental Congress. -
The Winter at Valley Forge
It was the turning point of the revolutionary war. Early into the six-month encampment, there was hunger, disease, and dispare. It was the site of the military camp of the american continental army. -
US and France sign the French Alliance
The americans needed help in the war, so the French came and helped the americans. -
Washington's Amy Leaves Vallye Forge -Sam
The important people involed were Washington and Baron De Kalb. Washington's amy left vallye forge because they were going to new Jersey. They became an offical mature army. -
The Battle Of Monmouth- Hudson
The purpose of the battle of Monmouth was beacuse the 13 colonies wanted two things, money and pespect. The colonies won the war and got money and respect. -
Charleston falls to the British
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the battle of kings mountain
the importaint people involved was major general lord cornwallis ,major general gates american rev army, major furguson. The out come was that cornwallis was trying to start a war and at kings mountain and rebbles marched up kins mountain the brittish fired. this left 300 dead 700 captured and 90 casualties. -
Battle of Hobkirk's Hill near Camden S.C.
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The Battle of Yorktown- Hailey
The most important people involved in the battle of Yorktown were General George Washington, and Lord Charles Cornwallis. Lord Charles Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington as French and American forces trapped the British in Yorktown. When British surrendered, it ended the American Revolution War. The Continental Army, led by George Washington, won against the British, led by Lord Charles Cornwallis. -
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Loyalist Leave America- Emily
After the american revolution the loyalist wanted to leave America and stay loyal to Great Brittan. They decied to leave or where forced out by the patroits. The out come of this is that most of the people in America were patriots and few were loyalists. -
The Treaty of Paris - Jenna
Important people: Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, and John Adams. The Treaty of Paris was a peace treaty declaring the Patriot's wanting to end war, along with official freedom. Great Britain agreed to recognize the United States of America as an independent country. They gave huge amounts of land, even if promised to Native Americans. The U.S.A. promised to restore the rights and property to Loyalists. Because some of these new citizens didn't follow this agreement, people fighting with G.B. fled. -
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Shay's Rebellion -Carissa
Shay's Rebellion was at the end of the revolotinary war. It was a series of protests between 1786 and 1787. By American farmers against state and local tax collection and judgement for debt. It was most serious in Massachusets. High taxes threatened farmers with loss of their farms. Some of the important people were Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Samuel Adams, and John Hancock. -
US Constitution Ratified
The constitution is the supreme law of the USA. A majority of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention approvved the documents. Before the constitution cold become the law of the land, it would have to withstand public inspection and debate. -
1st Presidential Election-Hailey
George Washington was the very first unopposed cadidate for president in all of the United States' history. The first presidential election was held on the first Wednesday of January in 1789. Although no one ran against him, George Washington remained reluctant in the election. It is because of George Washington that presidents only get 2 runs and 4 years in 1 run.
