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British army officer and colonial administrator
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This treaty ended the French and Indian war. No longer any fear of the French.
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This closed the frontier to colonial expansion. Created tension in colonists.
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This act punished mutiny and desertion and gave better payment to soliders. Start of harsh acts on colonists.
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Imposed a direct tax on colonial items. Printed items had to be printed on paper from London bearing a revenue stamp. Created unrest in Boston.
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Statesman, Founding Father, A leader of the American revolution.
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Raised revenue of colonists to pay the salaries of governors and judges. They also established that Britain had a right to tax the colonies. Started unrest in Boston
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Killing of five colonists in Boston by British Soldiers. Started Revolutionary war.
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A group of Massachusetts Patriots threw 342 chests of tea and threw them into Boston harbour as a protest against the tea tax. More unrest in Boston.
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The Sons of Liberty was an organization of American patriots that originated in the pre-independence North American British colonies. The group was formed to protect the rights of the colonists and to take to the streets against the abuses of the British government.; responsible for the Boston Tea Party
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Third president and drafted the Declaration of Independence
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Parliament repealed all taxes except the tax on tea. Led to the Boston tea party.
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Second president; Persuaded congress for independance. Assisted Thomas Jefferson in drafting the Declaration of Independence.
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The first meeting of delegates from the colonies in order to make a combined authority against Britain. Led to the creation of the USA eventually.
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On this date, Paul Revere led the Midnight Ride alerting the Americans that the British were coming. He was also an American silversmith.
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British marched from Boston and attacked American rebels at Lexington and later at Concord. The British defeated the colonists at Lexington but were forced to retreat from Concord.First battle of revolutionary war.
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Loyalists were American colonists who remained loyal to the Kingdom of Great Britain (and the British monarchy) during the American Revolutionary War.
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Led American in the Revolutionary War; first president
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Wrote Common Sense; Born in England, emigrated to the Colonies with help from Benjamin Franklin.
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A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine telling people to declare independence and fight for America.
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The Declaration of Independence gave Americans freedom from the British. Made America a country.
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The Hessians were 18th-century German auxiliaries contracted for service under The Crown of the British Empire
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American army defeated the british at saratoga. This was the turning point in the revolutionary war
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American war hero turned traitor.
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1 A decisive victory of American troops over the british. This was the last major land battle of the war.
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This treaty ended the American revolutionary war.
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George Washington’s wife
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John Adams wife; John consulted her on many political matters
