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Begin of French Indian War
The Frech Indian War or "The Seven Years War" was fought on the North American stage between the colonists and the settlers in New France. Obviously the war brewed for seven years (hence the name), and ended in an American victory resulting in the retreat of French boarders that are now the Canadian boarder lines. -
Treaty of Paris
The treaty was signed by Great Britain and France after the defeat of France in the Seven years war. This singning showed the start of British dominance in North America, and officially established the boarder. -
Royal Proclamation
King George III (KG3) proclaimed ownership of the land in North America and claimed the colonists could not settle past the Appalation Mountains. This was primarily the reason the colonists started to become upset with KG3. -
Sugar Act
Britain's parliment passes an act to raise taxes. Named "the sugar act" after the fact the product most upsetting to the colonists was sugar. -
Stamp act
This act allowed parliment to raise taxes directly on the colonies especially on printed materials. -
Stamp Act Congress
The American congress gathers to respond to the stamp act passed by parliment. -
Give me liberty or give me death
This is a famous quote from a speech Patrick Henry gave to the Virginia House of Burgesses to convince them to add support from Virginia. -
Townshend Acts
A series of acts first passed in 1767 from parliment towards the American colonies. Basically these acts put restraints on revenue in the colonies and certain costs for store owners were passed to colonists/customers witch was yet another thing that upset the colonists. -
Boston Massacre
Event in the streets of Boston in which five were killed and six injured by British soldiers. Apparently the soldiers were harrassed and snowballs were thrown and shots were fired into the crowd. -
Boston Tea Party
During this event a group colonists dressed as native americans and dumped tea into the Boston Harbour. They did this as a statement to the British parliment against raised taxation on tea. -
First Continental Congress
Reps from the twelve colonies (Georgia not involved), met in Philidelphia to discuss the intolerable acts. -
Midnight Ride of Paul Revere
On the night of April 7 1775 Paul Revere rode along with Samuel Prescott and William Dawes to warn the minute men of the British invasion. When the British planned a surprise attack by land, these three rode through the colonies to warn the continental army of the invasion. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
These battles took place origianally in Lexington while the British regulars were on their way to Concord to destroy the ammunition that was said to be stored there. The British stormed past the colonists in Lexington, but were driven back by the continental army in Concord. -
Fort Ticonderoga
This fort was used by the British army until it was captured by Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys. The cannons were later taken from this fort and moved to Bunker Hill to be used in Battle. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
Before this battle the continental army had dug into Bunker and Breeds hill overlooking the British camps. They had pulled the cannons stolen from Fort Ticonderoga using oxen. The British awoke the next day to the sight of cannons and began to march up the hill to attack. The commanding officer of the continental army instructed them not to fire untill they saw the whites of the enemies eyes as to conserve ammo. This went as a victory for the colonists and was a huge turning point. -
Common Sense published
Thomas Paine wrote a pamphlet published in 1776 called "Common Sense" which outlined the reason to Break away from Britain and become indipendant. This pamphlet was read by the majority of citizens and changed the minds of many. -
British evacuate Boston
In this event the cannons from fort Ticonderoga were moved to Dorchester heights, which freightened the British who were occupying Boston at the time. The British then left Boston to Nova Scotia by ship from the Boston Harbour. -
Second Continental Congress meeting
This meeting marked happened two years after the first meeting in Philidelphea. This meeting was held to discuss indipendance. -
Declaration of Indipendance announced
Signed on July second, the declaration was announced July 4th to officially announce indipendance from the British empire. They were split to 13 states who would later united in one nation, or "The United States". -
The crisis
This pamphlet was written by Thomas Paine depicting the events of the war. -
British defeated at Saratoga
After a campaign in the Northern regions British General John Burgoyne met the continental army in Saratoga New York, Over eighteen days these battles were fought withing nine miles of Saratoga, and ended in another British loss, and is widely regaurded as the turning point in the war. -
Winter at Valley forge
During this long winter, the continental army was pinned down in Valley Forge, PA, and experienced drastic hardship. During this winter they lost men, and experienced large loss of supply and food. -
John Paul Jones defeats Serapis
John Paul Jones sets out to approach Britsh ships in what would be the most historic naval battle in the American Revolution. -
Benadict Arnold plans found out.
Widely regaurded as one of the biggest traitors of all time, Benadict arnold plotted to change sides and give American secrets to Britain. On this date his plans were found out. He was then court marshalled and fled, he died of gout in 1801. -
Cornwallis Surrenders
On this day General Washington lead the continental army and the French army with the help of Compte de Rochambeau in Yorktown. This decision made by Rochambeau to go for Yorktown resulted in the surrender of British general Cornwallis.