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started in 1754 and ended in 1763, Washington's surprise attack on a small french group sparked the war, Britain was in huge debt after the french and Indian war -
the colonists were required to house, feed, and supply british soldiers -
Proclamation of 1763, Banned colonial settlement west of Appalachian Mountains, Angered many colonists who ignored or resisted the proclamation -
picked general James wolfe to lead his army, he lived from May 2754- January 1806, he was the youngest prime minister -
started in 1763 and ended in 1764 -
there was a tax put on all molasses and all other products, many colonists were upset because they used this stuff to make rum and it was they're largest export -
there was tax put on various paper products and documents -
New import duties and search powers, Writs of Assistance -
the Boston massacre was a conflict between colonists and British soldiers -
Gave British East India Company monopoly on tea sales, Sons of Liberty dumped tea into Boston Harbor -
British response: Intolerable Acts
Closed Boston Harbor
Limited Massachusetts self-government
Expanded Quartering Act -
British troops marched to seize weapons at Concord, Paul revere and William Dawes went to go warn the colonists -
they meet in Philadelphia, may 1775. they appointed George Washington as leader of the continental army, they began printing money to pay for the expenses of the war -
Thomas Paine wrote common sense , it argued for self-governance, Stimulated support for independence -
Written mostly by Thomas Jefferson
Based on Enlightenment ideas
the topics of the declaration were: Preamble, Natural Rights, List of Grievances against King George III, Statement of Independence
Approved by Congress on July 4, 1776 and signed August 2, 1776 -
Battle of Trenton December 26, 1776
Washington's surprise attack on Hessian forces
Boosted American morale -
Valley Forge Winter 1777-1778
Harsh conditions for Continental Army, The citizens provide an overwhelming support for the troops, The Brits partied while the Americans trained, Brits had control of cities, Americans had the rural areas -
Battle of Saratoga September/October 1777
Major American victory
Convinced France to ally with the Revolutionaries -
British forces under Cornwallis trapped at Yorktown
Combined American and French forces besieged the British, French navy prevented British escape by sea
October, Cornwallis surrendered, effectively ending the war -
Treaty of Paris 1783
Britain recognized U.S. independence
Defined new nation's boundaries