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Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris in 1763 was signed on 10 February 1763 by the kingdoms of Great Britain, France and Spain, with Portugal in agreement, after Britain's victory over France and Spain during the Seven Years' War. -
Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was issued October 7, 1763, by King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War, in which it forbade settlers from settling past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. -
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Revolutionary war
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The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765. The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. -
The Quartering Act of 1765
This first Quartering Act was given Royal Assent on May 3, 1765, and provided that Great Britain would house its soldiers in American barracks and public houses -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was the killing of five unarmed colonists by British soldiers on March 5, 1770. This event made Paul Revere very angry and lead to rebellion. -
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party of December 16, 1773, took place when a group of Massachusetts Patriots, protesting the monopoly on American tea importation recently granted by Parliament to the East India Company, seized 342 chests of tea in a midnight raid on three tea ships and threw them into the harbor. -
Intolerable act- Boston Port Act
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Intolerable Act- Administration of Justice Act
The Administration of Justice Act allowed the governor to move trials of accused royal officials to another colony or even to Great Britain if he believed the official could not get a fair trial in Massachusetts. -
Intolerable Act- Massachusetts Government Act
The Massachusetts Government Act altered the government of Massachusetts to bring it under control of the British government. Under the terms of the Government Act, almost all positions in the colonial government were to be appointed by the governor, parliament, or king. -
Intolerable Act- Second Quartering Act
The Quartering Act applied to all of the colonies, and sought to create a more effective method of housing British troops in America. In a previous act, the colonies had been required to provide housing for soldiers, but colonial legislatures had been uncooperative in doing so. -
1st Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from twelve colonies (Georgia was not present) that met on September 5, 1774, at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
The battle of Lexington and Concord was the first battle of the Revolutionary war. The Colonists won and forced the British to retreat. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill was a battle that did not go so well for the colonists. They lost, but it did not go so well for the British either because they lost a bunch of troops. -
Thomas Paine's Common Sense is Published
Thomas Paine's book- Common sense was a book that was intended to get the colonist angry at the British, and to make them see that it is better to be independent. -
Declaration of Independence is Signed
The Declaration of independence gave us our freedom and was signed by: John and Sam Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and many other important people. -
First Battle of Saratoga
This battle was the turning point in the war, and it gave the Patriots the upper hand. -
Battle of Yorktown
This was the battle that ultimately defaeted the Great Britain and the loyalists that fought with Great Britain. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris ended the war and gave very favorable results for the colonists
