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Treaty of Paris (French and Indian war)
Signed by the kingdoms of Great Britain, France and Spain, with Portugal in agreement. The signing of the treaty formally ended the Seven Years' War, otherwise known as the French and Indian War. -
Proclamation of 1763
Issued by King George III. Which it forbade settlers from settling past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. The purpose of the proclamation was to organize Great Britain's new North American empire and to stabilize relations with Native North Americans through trade, settlement, and land purchases on the western frontier. -
Sugar Act
Law was passed by pariament, passing tax on sugar, molasses, and other products shipped to the colonies. -
Stamp Act
Law passed by pariament that required all legal and commercial documents to carry an official stamp showing a tax has been paid. -
Quartering Act
Law passed by Parliament that required the colonies to house and supply British soldiers. -
Boston Massacre
British Army soldiers killed five civilian men and injured six others, during thing event. Defended by the lawyer and future American President, John Adams, six of the soldiers were acquitted, while the other two were convicted of manslaughter and given reduced sentences. The sentence that the men guilty of manslaughter received was a branding on their hand. -
Tea Act
Passed by Parliament. Its objective was to reduce the massive surplus of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company in its London warehouses and to help the struggling company survive. -
Boston Tea Party
Disguised as Indians, the demonstrators destroyed the entire supply of tea sent by the East India Company as a boycott of tea carrying a tax the Americans had not authorized. . They boarded the ships and threw the chests of tea into Boston Harbor. -
Intolerable Act
The Intolerable Act was passed by Parliament. The Patriots viewed the acts as violation of rights of Massachusetts, and in September of 1774 they organized the First Continental Congress to coordinate a protest. There were 5 acts involved in the Intolerable Act. -
1st Continental Congress
A convention of delegates from twelve colonies (Georgia was not present) that met at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution. The Congress was attended by 56 members. The Congress met briefly to consider options, including an economic boycott of British trade; rights and grievances; and petitioned King George III. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. They were fought in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy (present-day Arlington), and Cambridge, near Boston. Colonial victory; start of the American Revolutionary War. -
2nd Continental Congress
A convention of delegates from the 13 colonies that started meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, soon after warfare in the American Revolutionary War had begun. The second Congress managed the colonial war effort, and moved towards independence. Many of the same 56 delegates who attended the first meeting were in attendance at the second. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
Mostly on and around Breed's Hill, during the Siege of Boston early in the American Revolutionary War. British Victory but with over 800 wounded and 226 killed. -
Common Sense by Thomas Paine
It inspired people in the Thirteen Colonies to declare and fight for independence from Great Britain in the summer of 1776. It explained the advantages of and the need for immediate independence. It was about 48 pages long. -
Battle of Trenton
Occured during the American Revolutionary War, after General George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River north of Trenton, New Jersey. The hazardous crossing in adverse weather made it possible for Washington to lead the main body of the Continental Army against Hessian soldiers. Decisive American victory -
Declaration of Independence
Adopted by the Continental Congress. Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of indepence. The purpose of the Declaration of Indepence was to announce and explain the separation from Great Britain. -
Battle of Long Island (Battle of Brooklyn)
Major victory for the British and defeat for the Americans under General George Washington. The first major battle to take place after the United States declared independence. 300 American Soldiers lie dead. -
American Crisis by Thomas Paine
There are sixteen pamphlets in total. With early parts of the American Revolution, during a time when colonists needed inspiring works. The essays ongoing support for an independent and self-governing America through the many severe crises of the Revolutionary War. Washington found the first essay so inspiring, he ordered that it be read to the troops at Valley Forge. -
Battles of Saratoga
Occured September 19 and October 7, 1777.
First battle: Pyrrhic British victory
Second battle: Decisive American victory British surrender October 17 -
Winter at Valley Forge
General George Washington sought quarters for his men. Washington's poorly fed, ill-equipped army, weary from long marches, staggered into Valley Forge. The Enemy had reached Valley Forge before they had arrived and stole all the supplies and food they needed. -
Battle of Yorktown
Decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington and French Army troops. The siege proved to be the last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War, as the surrender by Cornwallis, and the capture of both him and his army. -
Treaty of Paris(Revolutionary war)
This ended the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain on one side and the United States of America and its allies on the other.
