Unit 2 Flee Map

By paige.thompson
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    Give Me Liberty

  • French and Indian War

    1.A fight for North America against the British and French.
    2.George Washington was sent to force the French to leave Fort Duquesne.
    3. This was ONE of the wars between the French and British.

  • Treaty of Paris

    1. Ends the French and Indian War.
    2. The British clamied all land east of the Mississippi river.
    3. The colonist began to settle in the Ohio river valley in which the Native Americans didn't like, and they responded by attacking the colonist.

  • Proclamation of 1763

    1. Colonist were forbidden to cross the Applachian mountains because the British did not want an encounter with the indians.
    2. The British army was settled in the colonies.
    3. The colonists were were upset because they did not like being told what to do.

  • Sugar Act 1764

    1. Taxes on sugar and molasses.
    2. People were concerned since taxes on different things began to grow.
    3. Thee reason this act was established was a way of creating revenue for the British Kingdom after the French and Indian War.

  • Stamp Act 1765

    1. This was a tax placed on all paper goods.
    2. The colonists did not like this act, so they started to protest which led to a boycott of the stamped paper goods.
    3. As a result of the boycott and anti-British sentiment in the Colonies, Parliment formally repeals the Stamp Act.

  • Quartering Act

    1. Colonists were required to provide food, housing and other essential needs for the British soldiers.
    2. The colonists hated this act, but there wasn't much they could do.
    3. This made the colonist want to rebel against the troops even more than before.

  • Writs of Assistance

    1. If the customs officers wanted to search a ship they could.
    2. Not many colonists were affected, but the ones who were felt an invasion of privacy.
    3. This law did not requiren a search warrant or proof of any type.

  • Townshend Acts

    1. Tax on various household items such as paper, glass, and tea.
    2. This led to the colonist boycotting.
    3. The colonist eventually repealed.

  • Boston Massacre

    1. A rioting mob confronted British soldiers in front of Custom House.
    2. Soldiers got mad and started firing at the colonists
    3. Sam Adams took this opportunity to make a anti-british feeling, so he called this event the "massacre".

  • Tea Act

    1. Tax placed on tea.
    2. The tea act launched a final spark to the movement in Boston.
    3. Meant to increase the deposit on the tea sold at the East India Company.

  • Boston Tea Party

    1. The Sons of Liberty dumped 90,000 pounds of tea overboard a British ship.
    2. The result of this was the intolerable acts.
    3. They dressed up as Indians as their disguise.

  • Intolerable Acts

    1. Colonists couldn't hold town meetings.
    2. British closed the Port of Boston.
    3. Individual colonies began to unify after this was put into effect.

  • 1st Continental Congress

    1. Met in Carpenters Hall in Philidelphia.
    2. All 13 of the colonies sent delegates to this meeting accept for Georgia.
    3. This meeting was meant to discuss about the intolerable acts.

  • Lexington

    1. When the British reached Lexington Captain John Parker and 70 minutemen were waiting.
    2. The first shot of the Revoultionary war began here, and was called the " Shot Heard Round the World".
    3. British Army beat the Minutemen.

  • Concord

    1. The British went on the Concord after their victory to retrieve the Patriots hidden supplies.
    2. When the British crossed on a bridge outside of Concord, they were met by hundreds of minutemen, which caused them to retreat.
    3. While the British were retreating, the Patriots were wounding and killing them by using hit and run tactics.

  • 2nd Continental Congress

    1. Delegates of 13 colonies met in Philidelphia to discuss their next steps.
    2. The Second Continental Congress established a militia to represent the 13 colonies, and called it the Continental Army.
    3. At this meeting they also claimed George Washington as the commander of the Continental Army.

  • Ft. Ticonderoga

    1. Ft. Ticonderoga was built by the French.
    2. Benedict Arnold went to the Commitee of Correspondence for men and money to go capture Ft. Ticonderoga and it's artillery.
    3. The Americans charged and raided the fort causing the British to surrendeer and give up their fort.

  • Bunker Hill

    1. This Battle was fought on the Charleston Peninsula of the North side of the Boston Harbor.
    2. Prescott left on the night of June 16th to fortify Bunker Hill.The British drove the Americans out of the peninsula.
    3. The British drove the Americans out of the peninsula, and won.

  • Common Sense

    1. Published by Thomas Paine.
    2. This pamphlet was meant for people to become more politically involed in the war.
    3. As soon as people read this, they wanted more political freedom in what they do, and they became more interested in the war.

  • Declaration of Independence

    1. Thomas Jefferson was elected to write the rough draft.
    2. Established to declare our independence as a country. 3.The Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia and approved of the Declaration of Independence.

  • Battle of New York

    1. British wanted to capture New York City.
    2. The British attacked Washingtons army, but Wahington avoided capture.
    3. For the rest of the war, British had control of New York City.

  • Battle of Trenton

    1. Washington launched surprise attack.
    2. Captured over 800 German soldiers.
    3. Although some Hessian soldiers died, not one of Washingtons soldiers died.

  • Battle of Princeton

    1. Washington circled the British camp, and attacked them.
    2. Some of the British soldiers tried escaping, but Washington caught them, and drove them back.
    3. Washington captured anothern300 British soldiers.

  • Battle of Saratoga

    1. In Saratoga the American General surrounded Burgoyne's remaning army.
    2. Burgoyne surrendered his army to the Americans.
    3. The Battle of Saratoga was definitley a turning point in the Revolutionary War.

  • Winter at Valley Forge

    1. Washington's army spent their winter in Valley Forge from 1777 to 1778.
    2. His army was in need warm clothing and most importantly food.
    3. Many soldiers had to share clothes for warmth, and they built huts to try to make them warmer rather then sleeping in tents.

  • Battle of Yorktown

    1. The British General and his troops moved to Virgina to set up camps.
    2. James Armistead was a spy for the Continental Army, and when the British were set up in Virginia, Washington knew it was the perfect time to set the ultimate trap.
    3. Cornwallis wanted to sail to New York, but before he could a group of French ships sailed in and trapped Cornwallis, and from there Washington lead a 3 week attack.

  • Treaty of Paris

    1. Great Britian finally recognized the U.S. as a nation of its own.
    2. The United States got all land east of the Mississippi River.
    3. All of the property that was taken from the Loyalists, the United States agreed to return.