Unit 2 Flee Map

French and Indian War

May 1, 1754

Fought between England and France. 2. Fought over control of North American Territories. 3. The start to the was a result of Indians led by George Washington killing a french officer.

Treaty of Paris 1763

Feb 10, 1763

1. Ended the French and Indian War. 2. England was determined to be the victor of this war. 3. French loses all of its North American claims. England claims all land west to the mississippi river and North through Canada.

Proclamation of 1763

Oct 10, 1763

1. THis prevented colonists from moving west of the Appalaichian Mountains. 2. Created to stabalize relations between the native american and the British Empire. 3. This became the problem between the colonists and "Mother" England. The colonists didn't like being told what to do.

Sugar act of 1764

Apr 5, 1764

1. This was a tax on sugar and molases. 2. this act was established as a way of creating revenue for the british kingdom after the french and Indian. 3.This incident increased the colonists' concerns about the intent of the British Parliament and helped the growing movement that became the American Revolution

Stamp Act 1765

Mar 3, 1765

1. This tax placed a tax on all paper goods including wills and newspapers. 2. the result of the act was protests and anger by many colonists. This led to a boycott of the stamped paper goods. 3. As a result of the boycott and anti british sentiment in the colonies. Parliament repealls the stamp act.
   

Quartering Act

Mar 24, 1765

1. This act was passed to ensure the British that they had food and supplies. 2. THe British soldiers could go into someones house and sleep there for as long as they needed. This angered the colonists big time. 3. The british could come in and take as much asa they wanted. If you didn't cooperate they could do more to you.

Townshend Acts

Jun 15, 1767

1. This law placed a tax on all household goods. 2. everything u use in ur house was a tax. Such as coffee, tea, sugar, wheat etc. 3. This law angered the colonists to, same with the other acts that were passed.

Writs of Assistance 1767

Oct 19, 1767

Gave the british the right to search ships for smuggled goods. 2. This angered mercahnts greatly. They had no privacy on their ships. 3.This was another law that angered the colonists and inched more towards the revolutionary war.

Boston Massacre

Mar 5, 1770

1. The colonists tensions with the british rised up a little bit. 2. the colonists were protesting The British redcoats. 3. An incident occured and the british fired their bayonetts at the american colonists and killed 5 of them.

Tea Act 1773

Dec 16, 1773

1. British Parliament placed a tax on all tea products. 2. This act angered the american colonists because they dramk a bunch of tea. 3. The British were trying to place taxes on everything that was used alot in america

Boston Tea Party

Dec 17, 1773

1. The colonists dressed up in nATIVE American disguise. 2. they went to the boston harbour and dumped 90,000 pounds of tea into the boston harbour. 3. This was a retaliation to british placing taxes on tea.

Intolerable Acts

Mar 24, 1774

1. The british banned all town hall meetings in the 13 colonies. 2. This was the line crossing of all the acts on the Britsh. 3. THe revolutionary war started because of the intolerable acts.
   

1st Continental congress

Sep 5, 1774

1. Delagates met from all 13 colonies except Georgia. 2. They met to talk about what they were going to do about the british. 3. They tried to get the british to repeal the intolerable act but they ended up starting a war. They met in Philiadelphia, Pennsylvania.

lexington

Apr 19, 1775

1. First shot were fired in the revoltuionary war. 2. No was was wounded. 3. the britsh ened up moving over to concord.

Concord

Apr 19, 1775

1. The british won the battle of concord 2. The small militias retreated back. 3. it sent a message to the colonists of who they were fighting.

2nd continental congress

May 10, 1775

1. COngress appointed George washington as the commander of the continental army. 2. They also talked about what their plans for the war were. 3. They also again tried to get the british to repeal the intolerable scts.

Bunker Hill

Jun 17, 1775

1. British won this battle 2. The American colonists put up a good fight and proved that they could fight in this war. 3. the battle was fought on the charleston pennisula.

Fort Ticonderoga

Jul 6, 1775

1. the battle was fought in the state of new york. 2. they were fighting over a french fort. 3. captured by benedict arnold in 1775 and a few dozen casualties on each side. there was a ton of supplies in the fort.

Declaration of Independence

Jul 4, 1776

1. This document officialy declared independence from britain. 2. The draft was written by thomas jefferson and Benjamin Franklin. 3. It was signed by all 13 colonies.

Battle of New York

Aug 1, 1776

1. Fought between britian and the American Colonists. 2. British won this battle. 3. they took 20,000 troops compared to americas 10,000

Common Sense

Nov 9, 1776

1. It was written by Thomas Paine 2. It was a document that persuaded the colonists to declare independence from Britain. 3. The declaration of independence was later declared.
   

Battle of trenton

Dec 26, 1776

1. The americans won this battle. 2. They crossed the delaware river and conducted a surprise attack on the british. 3. This was a key victory for the colonists and george washington.

Battle of Princeton

Jan 3, 1777

1. America attacked the hessian soldiers and didn't even lose a man. 2. They killed about 800 soldiers and easily took another consecutive victory. 3. THis sent a message that the americans were coming.

Battle of Saratoga

Oct 7, 1777

1. This was the most important battle of the revolutionary war.
2. It was the turning point of the war. 3. This battle got us a french allly. Benjamin franklin persuaded them to join with us.

Winter at valley forge

Dec 12, 1777

1. George washington lost a quarter of his men through the winter. 2. the british stayed in cozy houses in philiadelphia. 3. Once the winter was over washinton and his men set out for victory.

Battle of Yorktown

Oct 19, 1781

1. The Continental army captured General Cornwalis. 2. He Moved his army to a penisuala and he got pinned in by american and french troops. 3. The americans won the battle of yorktown and they also won their independence.

Treaty of Paris

Sep 3, 1783

1. The Treaty of Paris ended the Revolutionary War. 2. Brtiain and the United States signed of on a few things, like giving us all our land west of the App. Mountains, and giving us the freedom to do what we want to do without your involvement. 3. The treaty of Paris gave us our independence and it let the United States be its own Nation