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French and Indian War
The French were upset wth the english because of the fact that they only arrived on this land to colonize the colnies,and they were pushing out the amerindians out of their land. Later army general George Washington then attacked Fort Meadows. The english killed 12 and took 21 prisoners these were the first shots of the French and Indian War. French set reinforcements which pushed the english back. And the colonists then aided the english in finally winning the war. -
Royal Proclamation
The colonists wanted to continue movement into the western indian habitant areas, and King George III wouldnt allow it. It restricted the colonists from settling anywhere farther west from the appalachian mountains. This was because f the colonists were allowed to go any further then King George III and Britiain would start to lose their control over the colonies. -
Sugar Act
This was an act that modified the previous sugar and molasses act. It reduced the tax on molasses from 6 pence per gallon to 3 pence per gallon. It also caused a sudden decrease in the rum industry within the colonies. -
Stamp Act
Was a new tax system that mad ethe colonists pay taxes on every imported or exported good,like ink,paper,tea,legal documents, and even birth cerificates. This was passed because of the war and the money used in that Fench and Indian War, and the British wanted that money back. -
Stamp Act Congress
The stamp act congress met in New York in october of 1765. The met there to dicuss a unified protest against the British taxation. This stamp act basically added a special stamped paper to be used for all businesses. -
Boston Massacre
On March 5 of 1770 some colonists were throwing rocks and iceballs at the soldiers, when suddenly, the british soldiers fired their musktes and killed 5 citizens. among those citizens were; Crispus Attucks, Patrick Carr, James Caldwell, Samuel Gray, and Samuel Maverick. They were killed by soldiers whom fired without order. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was when 150 bostonians dressed up as mohawk indians and threw the crates full of tea into the boston harbor. The british sent their surplus tea to the colonies as an attempt to make extra money. And when the colonists found out about this, the bostonians then dressed up and dumped 342 crates of tea into the boston harbor. -
Patrick Henry, "Give Me Liberty"
This was a speech which explained why the colonies deserved freedom and liberty. In this speech, he says a very famous quote saying, "Give me liberty, or give me death!" Now this quote really signifies what the colonies are actually doing. They are fighing to the death for just that, life liberty and the pursuit of happiness. -
Paul Reveres Ride
Paul Revere was an important messenger. Paul Revere rode 16 miles to aware the colonists when the british were on their way. The didnt say "The British Were Coming" he said th eregulars were out. Now when the 2 lanterns were held up, it said to Revere that the British were coming by sea. So he rode into concord only later to be captured by a British roadblock. He was releasd and continued his journey. Adams and Prescock escaped the British amd prepared to fight on the Lexington Green. -
Battle at Lexington.
The colonists and british met on the lexingotn to battle. The only question that comes out of this battle was that of who fired the first shot? There is evidence to support both sides, but most importantly the colonists retreated but not before 10 were dead and 8 wounded. -
Fort Ticonderoga
On the morning of may 10,1775 one-hundred militia men went to Fort Ticonderoga to surprise those sleeping within the fort. It was an easy and very sucessful victory for the militiamen,and this marked the first rebel victory of the revolutionary war. -
Second Congress Meeting
In this meeting the people of the congress dicussed about managing the colonial war effort, and moved toward independence, and eventually towards the Declaration of Independence. -
Bunker Hill
The colonists moved cannons and set up onto the high ground to counter the english attack. The british surrounded the colonists and the colonists couldnt call in reinforcements. The colonists kept the british off of them until the ran out of ammo. The british got reinforcements and pushed the militia off of the hill but they did lose more men than they colonists did. -
Olive Branch Petition
Peace between england was very believeable. But freedom was also a big idea. The Olive Branch Peteition was sent to king George III and it stated that the colonists wanted to be able to negotiate with the British. He didnt want to negotiate he instead introduced a proclamation which made the colonists either become completely loyal to the british or rebel for independence. -
First Continental Congress
Here at the first continental congress 56 delegates from every colony except Georgia attended this meeting. This was a brief meeting, and really only dicussed problems such as trade with the British. The delegates also urged the colonies to set up their own militia. -
Evacuation of Boston
The colonists dug in to prevent britsish breakout. They then dragged cannons to boston with oxyn which were easy to pull the cannons because of the smooth snow. A barrage was ordered but becasue of the heights the cannons were out of range from the british fleets. The british evacuated to nova scotia, and George Washington also took the army back to new york awaiting the british return. -
Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson along with four other got together to write a document explaining why they were leaving Britain. Many of thye ideas that were put into the Declaration were drawn from previous civil rights philosphers such as John Locke and Jaque Rousseau. And the main idea were the rights that all people should be given, life liberty and the pursuit of happiness. -
Valley Forge
George Washington crossed the Deleware River to attack the German Mercanies. Another victory was recorded next week and gave the country more hope in achieving independence. Even though things werent going well the soldiers fought through the down times and with the help of The Crisis started to win and convinced the French to join the Americans side and defeat the british. -
British Defeat at Saratoga
The battles at saratoga decided the fate of british army general John Burgoyne These battles were described as the turning points of the war. This ended Burgoyne's campaign to divide the New England colonies, and the ultimately led to the turning of the tides for the revolutionary war effort -
John Paul defeats the Serapis
This was the most know naval battle of the Revolutionary war. This battle was fought off of the eastern coast of england. The battle for the Americans was fought in a merchant ship given to them by France. It was equipped with 40 guns and over 400 men before the took down the British Serapis. -
Benedict Arnold's plans are Found Out About
Benedict Arnold was a general whom originally fought for the american cause, but then later defected to the british side. He owned a fort in new york, and his plan was to give that to the british and would ultimately give them an upper hand. But his plans were found out about,and he was promoted to the Brigadier General in the British army -
Yorktown
100,000 slaves ran away from the english, and armed slaves joined the colonists. Cornwallace backed up into virginia and waited for reinforcements but the french navy pushed away the british fleets. Which took away Cornwallace escape. And after a month of being surrounded Cornwallace surrendered. -
Treaty of Paris
This was the Treaty that officially ended the Revolutionary war. It gave the land between the appalachian mountains and mississippi river to the US, and ended the British reign over the colonists. Now everything that the sons of liberty had worked for just came to a reality.