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The French and Indian war
The French and Indian war was important to the American revolution because the war debt was the reason parliament started giving taxes to the colonists. The French and Indian war weakened Britain, making it easier for the colonists to fight back against them. -
Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was made by the British at the end of the French and Indian War, this is important to the American revolution because this proclamation prohibited settlements beyond the Appalachian Mountains. Colonists who had already settled on these lands had to move east. Then the British decided to give several taxes to the colonists to pay for the French and Indian war. This was another tipping point for the colonists. -
Th Currency Act
The Currency Acts were one of the causes of the Revolutionary War. This was yet another attempt of Parliament to limit the colonies' ability to create their own currency. It was to put a sense of control to the colonies. -
The Stamp act of 1765
The Stamp act was a tax given to colonists by the British, as a way to pay for the French and Indian war, this was important to the American Revolution because the colonists were very angry, because they felt they had no right to tax them when they had separated from Britain. -
The Quartering Act
The Quartering act was important to The Revolutionary War because it was another one of a series of measures primarily aimed at raising revenue from the British colonies in America. -
The Declaratory Act
The Declaratory Act was important to the Revolutionary War because it was an act that reinforced the parliament's law-making power over the American colonies. It was designed to show that the American colonies were a part of Britain. This angered the colonies because at the time they were trying to fight for independence an this was a complete counter-argument. -
Townshend Review Act
The Townshend Acts was important to the Amerian Revolution because this act was to pay for the salaries of officials like governors and judges. The British thought that the colonists would be okay with this act. They had repealed an earlier tax called the Stamp Act because of colonial protests and didn't think this act would bother them, this resulted in the growth of the colonies' anger and resentment against Britain. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was important to the American Revolution because it helped to unite the colonies against Britain. -
The Tea Act
The Tea Act was one of several measures imposed on the American colonists by the heavily indebted British government in the decade leading up to the American Revolutionary War. The tea act was important to the revolutionary war because when the British raised their tea taxes it angered the colonies so much that it leads to the Boston tea party in the sign of protest. -
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea party was important to the American Revolution because it created tension between Britain and the colonies. This tension eventually lead to the revolutionary war, which in the end, declared America's freedom. -
Minutemen
Minutemen were known for being ready to respond in a minute's notice. This was important because they would be ready fast, they were a force that enabled the colonies to respond immediately to war threats. The Minutemen were one of the first to fight in the American Revolution. -
The Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were a series of laws passed by the British Parliament. The British passed then acts to make an example of the colonies after the Boston Tea Party. This is important to the American Revolution because the outrage they caused became the thing that sent them over the edge. This is the anger that led to the American Revolution. -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress had delegates from each of the 13 colonies (except Georgia) meet in Philadelphia as the First Continental Congress to organize colonial resistance to Parliament's intolerable Acts. This was important to the American Revolution because the First Continental Congress was an agreement among the colonies to boycott British goods unless the act was abolished. -
" Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!"
The give me liberty or give me death speech was important to the revolutionary war because it helped convince those attending, to begin preparing Virginia troops for war against Great Britain. -
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson was elected to the Continental Congress, which was made up of delegates from the 13 colonies. Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, which officially declared that the American Colonies were completely free of Britain. -
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
The Lexington and Concord Battles were important to the American Revolution because these battles signaled the beginning of the American Revolutionary war -
Bunker Hill
Although Bunker Hill lost their strategic positions, this was important to the American revolution because, during the Revolutionary war, they convinced inexperienced Americans that patriotic dedication would win them the war. -
The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was important to the American Revolution because it summarized and stated why the colonies were seeking independence. This also led to an alliance with France. -
Second Continental Congres
The Second Continental Congress was important to the American revolution because it issued the Declaration of Independence declaring the United States as an independent country from Britain. -
The Battle of Saratoga
The Saratoga Battle was important to the American Revolution because it gave patriots a sense of confidence and convinced the French, Spanish, and Dutch to join their cause against their rival,
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Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation was the written document that established the functions of the national government of the United States after they declared independence. This was important to the American Revolution because it provided the new nation with instructive experience in self-government under a written document. -
French Alliance
The Franco-American Treaty was an alliance between France and the United States of America, This was important the American revolution because when The Treaty of Amity and Commerce saw the U.S. as an independent nation, they promoted trade between France and America. -
Benedict Arnold
Arnold was an early American hero of the Revolutionary War who later became one of the most known traitors in U.S. history. This was important to the American revolution because he entered into secret negotiations with the British, agreeing to turn over the U.S. post at West Point in return for good such as money, as well as a command in the British army. He betrayed the colonies in 1779. -
The Battle of Yorktown
The Battle of Yorktown is very important to the American Revolution because it was the last major battle of the Revolutionary War and the beginning of the independence of a new nation. -
US Constitution signed
The Constitution of the United States established America's national government and fundamental laws and agreed upon certain basic rights for America's citizens. This was important to the American Revolution because it formed the country upon the rules and rights of its citizens.
