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The French and Indian War was between the colonies of British America and New France. It was a war about land, trade, and religion. The result of this was a victory for the British.
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The reason for the treaty was to finally end the French and Indian War or other known as the Seven Years War.
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The proclamation was made by King George III saying that it didn't allow the colonists to settle in areas beyond the Appalachian Mountains.
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This was a new tax system made by American Colonists to raise the taxes on paper, leagal documents, licenses, and birth certificates so that they government could make money to pay off the war and defense debts.
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This was an act passed by parliament that raised the price on sugar to raise money for war and defense debts.
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These were acts passed by parliament to put tax on imported goods going to the American colonies.
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A fight between a group of protesters and soldiers in which 11 colonists were either hurt or killed by the British soldiers.
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Was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty and ambushed a cargo ship dressed as Indians and dumped 342 chests of tea into the harbor.
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This was a meeting of 12 colonies in order to discuss the Intolerable Acts by the British Parliament. The intolerable acts punished Boston for the Boston Tea Party.
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Patrick Henry delievered his famous speech "Give me liberty or give me death" speech to the Virgina Convention.
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Paul Revere, along with Dawes and Prescot, rode into Lexington to warn the colonists that the British were coming. A famous line Paul Revere said while riding into Lexington is: "The British are coming! The British are coming!"
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This is the first battle of the American Revolution. No one knew who shot the first shot to trigger the beginning of the battle, but the colonists did end up winning the battle.
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A battle where the colonists took the fort away from the British troops. It was built at the southern end of Lake Champlain,
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They organize a committee called the "Committee of Five" to meet so that they can write the Decleration of Independence.
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This battle was fought between the colonists and the Red coats, both wanting posession of Bunker Hill and Breed's hill. The colonists were low on ammunition and their general told them "not to shoot until they see the whites of their eyes." The colonists ended up retreating after this because of the little ammunition.
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A meeting held in New York City with the British colonies in North America so they could devise a plan to protest against Britains taxation.
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Thomas Paine wrote a book called "Common Sense" that encouraged colonists to choose indpendence and not loyalty to King George III.
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When General George Washington made the British evacuate Boston by placing cannons on top of Dorchester Heights.
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A document saying that they are no longer apart of the British and that the American Revoluttion has ended. Also that they are now free and independent.
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When Washington made a bold decision and attacked and defeated the Hessians at Trenton.
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Thomas Paine published another book called "The Crisis" to try to rally the Americans to cause independence.
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When an important American victory took place at Saratoga when Continetal forces trapped British General John Burgoyne’s army.
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A military camp that the Continental Army spent all of winter trainning. They were trained in a classic European style of warfare by Baron Von Steuben and others.
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John Paul Jones was a very well-known and good naval fighter in the American Revolutionary War that captured the British Serapis Ship.
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He was a general on the American side of the American Revolution, but was a traitor to the colonists by trying to give the fort to the British troops. After the troops found out he was commissioned into the British Army as a brigadier general.
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General George Washington and his troops had a successful seige of Yorktown and defeated the British troops, leading General Cornwallis and his troops to finally surrender. This ended major fighting in the American Revolution.
