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After the French and Indian War, the Proclamation of 1763 was passed. It was meant to keep the Colonists in Britain's border of control, and to maintain peace for trading with the Natives.
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A simple street fight between a patriot and a redcoat led to a giant mob attacking Redcoats which led to the death of five patriots in Boston.
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The Boston Tea Party happened when the King put taxes on all of the goods the colonists used, as well as tea. So in protest they got onto cargo ships and dumped out barrels of tea into the ocean.
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The Olive Branch Petition was meant to be the final attempt to stop war from braking out between the Patriots and the Redcoats by requesting that hey get their indpendence without fighting.
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During the night, British soldiers traveled to Lexington and Concord to steal the Patriot's supplies to fight with, and their leaders John Hancock and Samuel Adams. But Paul Revere, as well as William Dawes rode out into the night to warn the Patriots about the impending attack.
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This was the capture of a garrison controlled by the British. It seemed minor, but it gave the Patriots a strategic advantage.
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The Battle of Bunker Hill happened when British soldiers were going to occupy hills around the towns, but knowing this, the Patriots ambushed them. Even though the British won the battle, they took heavy losses.
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This book gave some of the Loyalists a different view on what the King's taxes were doing to them.
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On March 4th, 1776, 800 American Troops stood guard while 1,200 occupied Dorchester Heights, and they began making defenses suitable to hold against the Redcoats.
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The Declaration of Independence was meant to tell Britain that they were going to become independant after they won the war.
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The Battle of Trenton happened because the Delaware River froze over so George Washington led 2,400 men over the frozen river to fight the Hessians and take over their garrison.
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The battle was led by George Washington revolutionary forces defeated British forces near Princeton, New Jersey.
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These battles determined the British General John Burgoyne's army's fate.
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Valley Forge was an American military campsite where starvation and diesease nearly killed 2,500 American soldiers
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This was a victory that was won when the French joined forces with the Americans.
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The war between the Patriots and the British had come to a close, as the Americans won. The treaty was signed by France, Spain, and the Dutch Republic as well.
