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The French and Indian War began in 1754 and they fought over land that is now the United States and Canada. -
This proclamation prohibited Anglo-American colonists from settling on land acquired from the French. -
This act required colonists to pay taxes on every page of printed paper they used. -
The Townshend Act put taxes on things brought into the colonies. -
Seven British soldiers fired into a crowd of Bostonians, killing five, wounding another six, and angering an entire colony. -
This event happened as an act of political defiance against taxation without representation. -
This law was created to control the trade and delivery of tea. The British also needed money so it added a tax on tea. -
This was a meeting by the colonies in response to the intolerable acts that the British enforced. -
The American Patriots were defeated at the Battle of Bunker Hill, but they proved they could hold their own against the British army. -
This event marked the start of the American War of Independence. It persuaded many Americans to support the cause of independence. -
The Continental Congress had two main goals. One was to create a more fair and representative government than the British Parliament. Another was to create a currency and trade relations with other nations. -
This made a clear case for independence and directly attacked political and economic obstacles to achieving it. -
This was a very important battle for the Americans. Washington took his army across the Delaware River to launch a surprise attack on the Hessian garrison. -
The Declaration of Independence was built on the American settlers' common goals of unity, freedom, and protection of individual rights. -
Valley Forge was a winter encampment of the Continental Army, under the command of George Washington. This camp lasted for six months during the Revolutionary war. -
The Saratoga was the turning point in the war. The American defeat of the British army lifted patriot morale and furthered hope for independence. -
On Feb 1778 France formed an alliance with the US. They were the first nation to sign a treaty with the US. -
The British captured the key city of Savannah and within a month they controlled most of Georgia. -
Supported by the French Washiton's forces defeated Charles Cornwallis' veteran army dug in at Yorktown, Virginia. -
This treaty was signed between American colonies and Great Britain, it ended the American Revolution and formally recognized the United States as an independent nation.