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Treaty of Paris 1763
This Treaty ended the French and Indian war. -
French and Indian war 1754-1763
The French and Indian was was a war between the french and Native americans. The British needed money to finance the war with France. So they imposed taxes on the colonists to pay for the war. The colonists were not very happy about this. The war finally ended with a Treaty... "The treaty of Paris" -
Writes of assistance
The Writes of Assistance gave customs the right to search ships at will. It affected few colonists but merchants felt this was an invasion of their privacy. It made them very angry because they did not want random people going and looking throuhh their ships. -
Proclamation of 1763
The proclamation of 1763 was when Great Britain wanted to avoid conflict with Natives, so they told the colonists they could not be protected. The colonists were forbidden to cross the Appalachian mountains. This made them VERY angry. They did not understand why Great Britian had the right to tell them what to do when there was a WHOLE ocean between them. Some colonists attempted to cross the Appalachians anyways but the Britsish caught them. -
Sugar act 1764
The sugar act charged the colonists tax for sugar. This did not really affect the people but they did not like the thought of "taxes". -
Stamp act 1765
This was the tax on legal documents, newspapers, wills, and basically every piece of paper used! Congress created the stamp act to organize boycott, eventually this act was repealed. -
Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts was when Great Britain created tax on various household items such as paper, glass, lead, silk, tea, and other variations of items. The colonists did not like this at all they were so angry they created a boycott through the non-importation agreement. This law was eventually repealed. -
Boston massacre
Named by the sons of liberty, was when Attackus was killed, . Soldiers fired because they were yelling insults with British soldiers. -
Tea act
When ever great Britianput an unreasonable tax on their tea, the colonists did not like this. -
Boston tea party
George Hewes and his men destroyed 342 chests of tea and hoped Britain would see how serious colonists were, they said they would pay for tea is Britain took away the tea act. BRITIAN SAID NO. Men who did it was punished. -
Intolerable acts
Series of laws enacted by Parliament in 1774 to punish Massachusetts colonies for the Boston Tea party . -
• 1st Continental Congress!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Lexington
One of the first major battles of the revolutionary war. Britain won Lexington. -
Concord
One of the first major battles of the revolutionary war. -
2nd Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting on May 10, 1775, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. -
Ft. Ticonderoga
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Bunker Hill
The Americans were low on gunpowder, they were advised….. “Don’t shoot until you see the whites of their eyes” Low on supplies, the Colonists retreated. -
• Declaration of Independence
It was written on July 4th 1776 and it voiced the reason for separating with Great Britain. THE BREAK UP WITH GREAT BRITAIN. -
• Battle of New York
Howe's failure to destroy Washington's army cost the British their best chance of ending the rebellion. British lost this battle. 5000 were killed or hurt. -
• Common Sense
It encouraged people to fight for their independence from Great Britain. Written by thomas paine. -
• Battle of Trenton
A battle of the Revolutionary War following a surprise attack of Continental troops under the command of George Washington on British and Hessian troops at Trenton, New Jersey. Washington and his men crossed the icy Delaware River on Christmas Day, 1776, and attacked the next day, completely surprising the British. It was the first American victory of the war, and helped to restore American morale. -
• Battle of Princeton
The American army, reduced to 1, 200 men, attacked disorganized British troops at Princeton with modest success. The victories at Trenton and Princeton helped foil the British conquest of northern New Jersey and marked the turning point of the Revolutionary war! -
• Battle of Saratoga
Turning point in the revolutionary war. Burgoyne surrendered his entire army to the Americans -
• Winter at Valley Forge
Winter at Valley forge was very bad. The men did not have enough warm clothes and most of them became very sick and very cold. -
• Battle of Yorktown
Lord Cornwallis moved his troops to Virginia . He surrendered on Oct. 17, 1781 and America won their independence. -
• Treaty of Paris
- Great Britain finally recognized the US as an independent nation. US gained all land east of the Mississippi. US agreed to return all property taken from loyalists.
