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French and Indian War
The French and Indian war was also known as "The seven year war" started because in the early 1750's France expanded to the Ohio River valley -
Albany Plan Of Union
The Albany Plan of Union was a place to place British North American colonies under a centralized government. -
Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was a British-produced boundary marked in the Appalachian Mountains at the Eastern Continental Divide. -
Sugar Act
British legislation aimed at ending the smuggling trade in sugar and molasses from the French to Dutch. -
Quartering Act
On March 24, 1765, The British Parliament passed the Quartering Act, one of a series of measures primarily aimed at the raising revenue from the British colonies in America. -
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Stamp Act
The stamp act of 1765 was the first internal tax levied directly on American colonists by the British Parliament. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a bunch of American colonist that went to the Customs house in Boston and started a brawl in the street between American colonists and a lone British soldier. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston tea party was a political protest that occurred on December 16, 1773, at Griffin's Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts. -
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Intolerable Acts
The intolerable acts, were four punitive measures enacted by the British Parliament in retaliation from acts of colonial defiance. -
1st Continental Congress
The first Continental Congress convened in Carpenters' hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, between September 5 and October 26, 1774. -
2nd Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from 13 colonies that formed in Philadelphia in May 1775, soon after the launch of American Revolutionary War. -
Lexington and Concord
This first battle of the American Revolution, Massachusetts colonists defied British authority, outnumber and outfought the Redcoats and embarked on lengthy war to earn their independence. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
June 17, 1775, early in the Revolutionary War the British defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill in Massachusetts. -
Common sense by Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine argues for American Independence his argument being with more general, theoretical reflections about government and religion. -
Evacuation of Boston
June 1775, George Washington promised his wife he would return soon after the Continental Congress, but his fellow delegates had just elected him the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army. -
Declaration Of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was a document that was approved by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776. -
Fort Ticonderoga
Fort Ticonderoga controlled access north and south between Albany and Montreal, this made it a critical battlefield of the French and Indian War. -
Battle Of Brandywine
Philadelphia, the capital of the newly formed nation, was the goal of British General Howe during the campaign of 1777. -
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Siege Of Yorktown
The Battle of Yorktown proved to be the decisive engagement of the American Revolution. The British surrender forecast the end of British rule in the colonies and the birth of a new nation- The United States Of America.