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Revolutionary War Timeline
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Treaty of Paris
This was the treaty that end the French and Indian war.All the land that the French had,they had to give to the English.England got all the land east of the Mississippi river and the Spanish had to give Florida to the English. -
Proclamation of 1763
King George III issued this and this meant that no one could settle beyond the Appalachians. -
Sugar Act
First law passed by the Parliament to raise revenue.It also put tax on sugar that was coming in from the West Indies. -
Stamp Act
Stamp act was put in place to raise revenue to support the new military Force.This put tax on all papers that citizens had,like marriage papers,letters,legal documents,and other important papers similar to those. -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act requires the colonists to provide food and shelter for British Soldiers. -
Stamp Act Congress
This was a congress that was made up by nine of colonies in the New world.They wanted to show and state their rights and grievances.They beseeched the king and Parliament to repeal this acts. -
Declaratory Act
The Declaratory Act said that the British Parliament had the same authority to tax people in America as they did in Great Britain. -
Townshend Act
The Townshend Act was a taxe on glass, white lead, paper, paint, and tea, payable at American ports. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was when 10 British soldiers opened fire on a group of colonists, killing or wounding 11 of them. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was when about 100 colonists, dressed as Native Americans, boarded British ships and destroyed nearly 350 chests of tea. -
Intolerable Acts
This law was passed due to the damage that the colonists did by throwing all the tea into the ocean.This law closed the tea stained harbor until all damages were paid and order could be ensured. -
First Continental Congress
It was a meeting in Philadelphia to consider ways of redressing colonial grievances and only twelve out of the thirteen colonies met. -
Lexington and Concord
The battle of Lexington and Concord was the first battle of the revolutionary war. -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress met with all 13 colonies in Philadelphia and declared that war had begun. -
Bunker Hill
Bunker hill was a major battle in the revolutionary war, where the colonists seized the hill, then fought off the British 3 times before eventually have to retreat because of a lack of supplies. -
Olive Branch Petition
The Continental Congress wrote a letter to King George III asking for no more war so they could prevent further hostilities. -
Common Sense
A pamphlet by Thomas Paine attempting to convince the colonists that independence was the right way to go for the United States. -
Declaration of Independence
Statement that was adopted by the Second Continental Congress which meant that all the thirteen colonies would now become new independent colonies -
Battle of Trenton
In the Battle of Trenton, George Washington crossed the Delaware then captured a thousand Hessians that were sleeping. He then went on and to Princeton and defeated a small British detachment. -
Battle of Saratoga
This battle was a turning point in the revolutionary war.Burgoyne was forced to surrender his entire command to the Americans. -
Yorktown
This was the lsat battle in the American Revolutionary War won by the combined forces of the Americas and The French.The British commander and his army were forced to negotiate with the Americans -
Treaty of Paris
The treaty that Britain first recognized the United States as an independent nation. The United States was also granted land for the Mississippi to the Great Lakes.
