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French and Indian War 1754-1763

May 1, 1754

1. Fought between England and France.
2. Fought over control of North America territories.
3. The start of the war was a result of Indians led by George Washington killing a French officer.

Treaty of Paris

Feb 10, 1763

1. Ended the French and Indian War.
2. England was detirmind to be the victor of this war. 3.France loses all of it's North American claims. England claims all land west to the Mississippi River and North through Canada.

Proclamation of 1763

Oct 7, 1763

1. This prevented colonists from moving west of the Appalation Mountains.
2. Created to stabalize relations between Native Americans and the British empire.
3. This became the first problem between the colonists and the "mother" country England. The colonists didnt like being told what to do.

Sugar Act

Apr 5, 1764

1. This was a tax on sugar and molasses.
2. This act was established as a way of creating revenue for the British Kingdom after the Rench and Indian War.
3. This incident increased the Colonists' concerns about the intent of the Brittish Parliament and helped the growing movement that became the American Revolution.

Stamp Act

Mar 22, 1765

1. This act plaaced a tax on all paper goods including wills and newspaper.
2. The result of this act was protests and anger by the colonists. This led to a boycott of the stampeed paper goods.
3. As a result of the boycott and anti-British sentiment int the colonies, Parliament formally repeats the Stamp act.

Writs of Assistance

Feb 24, 1767

1. This was a British policy allowing custom officers the right to search any ship without probable cause.
2. Not many people noticed it untill the Townshed acts.
3. James Ottis was someone who tried to put a stop to the Writs of Assistance.

Townshed Acts

Jul 2, 1767

1. British passed new taxes on glass, paper, teas, paints and other goods shipped to the colonies from Britain.
2. The colonists reacted by refusing to buy British goods.
3. Britain was forced to remove the taxes.

Boston Masacre

Mar 5, 1770

1. Taxation and other issues continued to build tension between Britain and the colonies.
2. Shots were fired into the crowd, killing five colonists
3. Two soldiers were found guilty of manslaughter, six were found not guilty

Quartering Act

Mar 24, 1770

1. This act was established to save the British government money by allowing soldiers the right to expect to room and board from colonists in America.
   
2. The colonists did not like this act, along with the other acts.
3. The acts led to the First Continental congress meeting.

Tea Act

May 10, 1773

1. British East India Company lowered their tea prices, so tea merchants in the colonies were cut out of the tea trade.
2. The company controlled tea sales in the colonies.
3. The colonies once again demanded that the British government remove the tax on tea.

Boston Tea Party

Dec 16, 1773

1. group of men calling themselves the "Sons of Liberty" went to the Boston Harbor.
2. The men were dressed as Mohawk Indians. They boarded three British ships.
3. Then the men dumped forty-five tons of tea into the Boston Harbor.

Intolerable Acts

Mar 24, 1774

1. The British parliament responded to the Boston Tea Party by passing four laws. The colonies called these laws the "Intolerable Acts."
2. The British closed the Boston Harbor , and Colonists could not hold town meetings.
3. They gave the governor new powers, such as the ability to control public meetings.

1st Continental congress

Mar 24, 1774

1. Representatives from each colony, except Georgia, met in Philadelphia to discuss the intolerable acts.
2. The congress wanted to compose a statement of colonial rights, and to provide a plan that would convince Britain to restore those rights.
3. The members agreed to boycott British goods.

Concord

Apr 18, 1775

1. On the bridge outside of Concord, British were met by hundreds of minutemen.
2. This time, the minutemen forced the british to retreat.
3. This was one one of the first battles.

Lexington

Apr 19, 1775

1. It was the "shot heard around the world.
2. This was the first battle of the revolutionary war.
3. This is where British troops hadorders to arrest the sons of liberty.

Bunker Hill

May 10, 1775

1. the members of the Second Continental Congress met at the State House in Philadelphia.
2. They had theOlive Branch Petition to declare their loyalty.
3. They elected George Washington as Commander in Chief of the Continental Army.

Ft. Ticonderoga

Jul 6, 1775

1. Fort Ticonderoga (in New York) was held by the British following battles of the French and Indian War.
2. In May 1775, Ethan Allen and Captain Benedict Arnold of the Connecticut militia led the Green Mountain Boys of Vermont on a raid of Fort Ticonderoga.
3. In capturing the Fort, the Green Mountain Boys captured 59 cannons. These cannons were later moved to Boston and played a major role in driving the British out of Boston.

2nd Continental Congress

Oct 26, 1775

1. the members of the Second Continental Congress met at the State House in Philadelphia.
2. They had theOlive Branch Petition to declare their loyalty.
3. They elected George Washington as Commander in Chief of the Continental Army.

Common Sense

Jan 10, 1776

1. THis was written by Thomas Paine. 2.He wanted to explain and incourge why America should be free from Britain.
2. It increased public support for American Independance

Declaration of Independence

Jul 4, 1776

1. Thomas Jefferson created the Declaration of Independance in only a few days.
2. While creating it, he took out the part about slavery because he knew if he kept that, the southern states would not have signed.
3. This declared Americas independace with Britain.

Battle of New York

Jul 9, 1776

1. British wanted to capture New York City.
2. British attacked Washington's army and inflicteed heavy casualties.
3. British occupy New York City untill the end of the war.

Battle of Trenton

Dec 25, 1776

1. George Washington and his troops crossed the Delaware River to defeat the British in the Battle of Trenton.
2. George Washington and the Continental Army defeated 800 Hessians.
3. The British wewre not expecting this attack because they were celibrating.

Battle of Princeton

Jan 3, 1777

1. THis battle was just over a week after the victory Washington had at Trenton.
2. George Washington led this attack, defeating over 300 British troops In New Jersey.
3. Washington once again defeated the British.

Battle of Saratoga

Sep 19, 1777

1. This battle is a turning point in the revolutionary war.
2. General Horatio Gates surrounded Burgoyne’s remaining forces at Saratoga New York.
3. Burgoyne surrendered his entire army to the Americans. Which proved the Ameriicans had a chance against rhem.

Winter at Valley Forge

Dec 1, 1777

1. Washington and his men spent the long cold winter of 1777-1778 in Valley Forge Pennsylvania.
2. The American troops were in desperate need of food and warm clothing.
3. Many soldiers died this winter.

Battle of Yorktown

Oct 17, 1781

1. British General Lord Cornwallis moved his troops to Virginia, but before he could board British ships and sail to New York, there was a suprise attack.
2. Washington would lead a three week attack on the British, trapping him with French battleships in the Bay.
3. Cornwallis surrendered on Oct 17, 1781, the Americans had won their independence

Treaty of Paris

Sep 3, 1783

1. This was the treaty that officially ends the Revolutionary War by giving Americans their independance.
2. As part of the traty, Britain recognized the independent nation of the United States of America,and Britain agreed to remove all of its troops from America.
3. The treaty also set new borders for the United States including all land from the Great Lakes on the north to Florida on the south, and from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River.