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French and Indian War 1754-1763
Fought Between Engalnd And France
Fougth Over Control And North AmericanTerritories.
George Washington Began The War Killing A Freanch Officer. -
Treaty Of Paris 1763
Ended The French And Indian War.
England Was Determined To Be The Victior Of This War.
France Loses All Of Its North American Claims. -
Proclamation Of 1763
After the French and Indian war , the english established a law that prevents the colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains.
This was hoped to prevent a conflict with the Native Americans. -
Sugar Act 1764
This became the first british tax placed on Colonial Goods after the French and Indian war to help pay off the British war debt. -
Stamp Act 1765
This act passed a tax on all offical paper goods such as legal documents.
Wills , deeds , newspaper, etc .. -
Quartering Act 1765
This act was established to save the british government money by allowing soliders the right to expect room and board from colonists in America. -
Writs of Assistance 1767
This British Policy was established allowing customs officers the right to search any ship at anytime whitout probabe cause. -
Townshed Acts 1767
These laws placed new taxes on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea. Colonial reaction to these taxes was the same as to the Sugar Act and Stamp Act, and Britain eventually repealed all the taxes except the one on tea. -
Boston Massacre1700
British soilders killed 5 Bostonians on King Street, people still debate responsibility for the Boston Massacre. Seamen saw the soldiers as enforcers of the detested impressment laws, which authorized persons to be seized and forced to serve in the British navy. -
Tea Act 1773
Tea Act actually placed no new tax on tea. Instead it simply gave a tax break to the East India Tea company.With the existing tax still on the books from the Townshend Duties, East India Tea company was loosing money because its legitimately imported tea could not compete with the tea being illegally smuggled by the colonial merchants. -
Boston Tea Party 1773
In 1773 Lord North's ministry had passed the Regulating Act for India to control the activities of the Company. The government also took measures to help the East India Company to increase its sales by passing the Tea Act. -
Intolerable Acts 1774
As a result of the Boston Tea Party the British came down hard on the people of Boston. They prevented town hall meetings and blockaded Boston harbor. -
1st Continental Congress 1774
First Continental Conogress was a confetion of deligates from 12 british north america colonies that meet on September 5th 1774 at camper hall in phelidelphia in the early american revolution. -
Battle of Lexington 1775
Massachusetts Colony was a hotbed of sedition in the spring of 1775. Preparations for conflict with the Royal authority had been underway throughout the winter with the production of arms and munitions, the training of militia (including the minutemen), and the organization of defenses -
Battle of Concord 1775
After they deafeated the colonist at lexington they marche to concord to complete their task they also searched for weapons but didn't find any. -
2nd Continental Congress 1775
The delegates of the 13 colonies gathered in philadelphia to discuss there next steps in May 10 1175 -
Ft. Ticonderoga 1775
The initial proposal from Benedict Arnold to the Massachusetts Committee of Safety was to capture Fort Ticonderoga for its cache of artillery stores and ammunition and to bring them to the siege of Boston in order to force the British evacuation of the city and its harbor -
Bunker Hill 1775
Mostly and around breeb'hill during the siege of boston in the early revolutionary war. -
Common Sense 1776
Thomas Paine created common sense.Common Sense challenged the authority of the British government and the royal monarchy. The plain language that Paine used spoke to the common people of America and was the first work to openly ask for independence from Great Britain. -
Declaration Of Independence 1776
Is when america got there independence on July 4, 1776. -
Battle of Long Island 1776
In the Battle of Long Island, the British army was led by General William Howe with an army of nearly 20,000 soldiers. They were helped by naval forces under the command of Admiral Richard Howe, brother of General Howe -
Battle Of Trenton 1776
Having been defeated in the battles for New York City, General George Washington and the remnants of the Continental Army retreated across New Jersey in the late fall of 1776. -
Battle of Princeton 1777
Forty Patriots and 275 British soldiers died during the battle of Princeton. -
Battle of Saratoga 1777
This battle is viewed as the turning poitn of the Revolutionary war. The american victory in the battle during 1777 led to the french became our ally against the british. -
Winter at Valley Forge 1777
Was when george washingotn was deafeted. -
Battle of Yorktown
After six years of war the american army was struggling. The British occupoed newyork. -
Treaty of Paris
ended the revolutioinary war
