Timline_evente_unit 2

The Enlightenment

Period: Jan 1, 1600 to Jan 1, 1700

Saw the nlightenment of ideas about the rightd of people& their relationship to their rulers.

French & Indian war

Period: Jan 1, 1754 to Jan 1, 1763

French lost all land claims in north America; British run up debt

Proclamation of 1763 is Issued

Jan 1, 1763

Stades that the colonists could not move west of the appalachian MTNS.

The Boston Massacre

Mar 5, 1770

5 colonists killed by British soldiers; uses as propaganda to promote independence

Boston Tea Party

Dec 1, 1773

Sons odf liberty destroyed tea to protest the tea act.

Intolerable acts

Jan 1, 1774

Passed after the Boston Tea Party

1st Continental Congess

Sep 1, 1774

Not yet ready for war; wrote the olive branch petition

Stamp & Townsend acts passed

Period: Jan 1, 1775 to Jan 1, 1776

Parilament's attempt to raise money to pay off the FR.& Indian war

The Revolutionary War

Period: Jan 1, 1775 to Jan 1, 1783

Amrica won Independence & land west to Miss.River

Patrick Henry Gives Famous Speech

Mar 1, 1775

"Give me liberty, or give me death"

Lexington & Concord

Apr 1, 1775

First shots of the war; minutemen/militia defeated British.

2rd Continental Congress Convenes

May 1, 1775

Washington becomes commander; War is on

Common Sense is published

Jan 1, 1776

By Thomas Paine; helped convince colonists to support Independence

The Declaration of Independence is signed

Jul 4, 1776

Listed rights of citizens & thier grievances against the king of England

Battle of Saratoga

Jan 1, 1777

This turning point battle convinaced colonists thanks to ben Franklin

The Battle of Yorktown.

Oct 1, 1781

British surrender after being trpped by Washington & the French Fleet

Treaty of Paris signed

Sep 1, 1783

Ended the revolutionary war; gave the U.S. Land west to Miss.River.