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The Revolutionary War
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Treaty of Paris - 1763
The Treaty of Paris in 1763 formally ended the French and Indian War, which the British had won. This is significant to the cause of the Revolutionary war because it marks Great Britian's dominance outside of Europe, and their original control over the colonies. -
The Royal Proclamtion
The Royal Proclamtion prohibited settling colonists from living past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. This made colonists angry against the king and England, perhaps the first step to lead to their thirst for independance. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was an act that taxed all kinds of documents, including legal documents, and newspapers. This made colonists angry at Britian because that taxed a lot of things they had, including how they got most of their news. -
The Quartering Act of 1765
Colonists had to provide barracks and living quarters for British officers to sleep in. The colonists thought the British were invading their homes, and being forced to give them sleeping spaces made them more hateful towards Britian. -
The Townshed Acts
This was a series of acts that taxed most/all of the goods that were imported into the United States. Colonists were furious that all the goods they wanted had taxes on them, which made them angry at parliment, who had made the taxes. -
The Boston Massacre
This was a huge event in the reasons why the Revolutionary War happened because eight British officers fired and killed men who were protesting, and not armed with weapons. -
The Boston Tea Party
Because the Tea Act/ tax on tea still remained, the colonists disguised themselves as Native Americans and assualted three ships, dumping a total of 342 chests of tea into the water. This made Great Britian even angrier at the colonies, stirring up more and more resentment. -
The Sons of Liberty
The Sons of Liberty were a group of patriots formed with the goal to protect the rights of the colonists, and oppose the British officers. They are most famous for the doing of the Boston Tea Party. -
The Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were a series of acts in 1714 that caused a huge uproar within the colonies because they were so unfair or "intolerable". This was a cause for the revolutionary war because the the First Continental Congress was made in protest of them. -
1st Continental Congress
Individuals were elected to represent the colonies, and they met in Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia. This was important for the outcome and cause of the revolution, becasue every represented colony agreed that they needed to show authority to Great Britian. -
Abigail Adams
Abigail Adams, the wife of John Adams, is best known for being extremely politically active, and giving John Adams advice in her letters to him when he was in Philedelphia, Pennsylvania, at the Continental Congress. -
Paul Revere
Paul Revere is most famous for his midnight ride of the night of April 18, 1775, for alerting the Colonial militia about the incoming British officers coming to arrest John Hancock and Sam Adams. He rode to every house with two others alerting that British were coming to Lexington and Concord. -
Lexington and Concord
British officers marched into the towns of Lexington and Concord to take gunpowder and to capture colonial leaders, invading the towns of the colonists who stood up to the British officers to defend their homes. -
Loyalists
Not all colonists in America were patriots. Some were still loyal to Great Britian and disapproved of the Patriots' actions, so the Patriots disputed them, and some of the Loyalists fled to other parts of the British Empire. -
Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine is best known for the pamphlet he wrote called Common Sense which was read everywhere, and greatly inspired people to fight and declare independence from Great Britian. -
The Declaration of Independance
The Declaration of Independence is perhaps the most important document in America. It is when the thirteen colonies declared themselves sperate states officailly, that no longer were part of the British Empire. -
Samual Adams
Sam Adams, cousin of John Adams, was elected to the Massachusetts Assembly and signed the Declaration of Independence. He was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, and he was a good politician. -
John Adams
John Adams was in the 1st Coninental Congress, and is best known as a Founding Father, and a Patriot. He helped draft the Declaration of Independece, and later became 1st vice president and 2nd president of the United States. -
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was one of the United States' Founding Fathers, and served in the Continental Congress. Mainly though, he is known as the main author of the Declaration of Independence, and later became the third president of the United States. -
George Washington
George Washington was the commandor-in-chief of the Continental Army and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He is well known for the crossing of the Delaware River which was a surprise attack on the Hessians, and he is best known for the being the first president of the United States. -
Hessians
Hessians were German soldiers working under the The Crown, half of whom were from the region Hesse, hence the name Hessians. They were working under a contract and there were around 30,000 of them working for Great Britian. -
The Batlle of Saratoga
This is a very important battle, for it is commonly regarded as the turning point of the war. This is when a portion of British General John Burgoyne's army was captured, and so it was the turning point for the Americans. -
Martha Custis Washington
Martha Washington was the wife of George Wahington, and is now considered to be the first First Lady. She was very wealthy, and when she married George Wahington, he got that money and used it to buy lots of land, and lots of slaves. She also traveled thousands of miles to be with her husband during the Revolutionray War. -
Benedict Arnold
Benedict Arnold is known as a traitor in U.S. history. He origanlly fought for the Patriots, but after he was not promoted and some other officers took credit for his achievements he turned bitter and joined the British, becoming a traitor in American history. -
The Battle of Yorktown
This was the last battle fought in the Revolutionary War. General Cornwallis, of Great Britian, surrendered to the American patriots, for the French Navy had surrounded them (the French allied with the Americans), and their supplies were cut off. -
Lord Cornwallis
Charles Cornwallis was one of the leading generals for Great Britian. He is most remembered for when he had to surrender in the Battle of Yorktown to a combined force of French and American troops. -
Treaty of Paris - 1783
When the Treaty of Paris was signed on this date, the Revolutionary War officially ended between Great Britian and the United States. -
Patriots
Patriots were colonists who wanted independence from Great Britian. Those who were Patriots include George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjimen Franklin, and when the Treaty of Paris was signed, it was a great victory for them.
