unit 2 topics

By michaela.brandt

  • French and Indian war 1754-1763

    1.The French and Brittish fought against each other
    2.Started because one of England's indian allies murderd a French diplomat
    3.Was fought over land and the French lost all thier land in America except a few islands

  • TREATY OF PARIS 1763

    1. Brittian won the war 2.france gave up all teritory in North America
    2. Spain was rewarded with land of the Lousianna

  • Treaty of Paris 1763

    1.Signified that England gets France's territory
    2.England was regonized as the victor
    3.Ends the 10 year long war known as The French and Indian War

  • The Proclamation of 1763

    1.No colonist was allowed passed the Appalation Mountains.
    2.England set up soliders at the border to force colonist to stay in the 13 colonies
    3.Colonist began hating England.This was the first time colonist didn't agree with England.

  • Sugar Act of 1764

    1.Put a tax on sugar and molasses.
    2.Made to help pay England's war debt
    3.Made colonist more worried and helped lead to the American Revolution

  • THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR 1754-1763

    1. Younge Washington started it when he was orderd to evict the French from Flordia
    2. One of the men killed a French officiall, thus making the mother country angry
    3. This was an embarising failure for Washington

  • THE STAMP ACT 1765

    1.All paper was taxed icluding wills and documents
    2.The colonist boycotted the paper and tax
    3.Due to the boycott and anti- brittish attitude , Brittin formally repealed the tax

  • BOSTON TEA PARTY 1773

    1. Son's of liberty did it 2.They dressed as indians and dumped thousands of gallons of tea into boston harbor 3.they were protested the tea act but as a result, brittan passed the intolorable acts

  • 1ST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS

    1. Met in Philidephia and every colony sent delegets exept Rhode Island 2.it was dercided that colonys would start traing troops 3.The colonies agreed to end trade until the acts were repealed

  • THE QUARTERING ACT

    1.Allowed troops to expect room and board from colonist
    2.a sore subject among colonist as they saw this law unfair since they did not even want the soliders there
    3 This became a key factor in cause of war

  • INTOLERABLE ACTS 1774

    1. Icluuded boston harbor being shut down unil the tea was refunded 2.No town meetings were allowed 3.Brittan intended for them to set an example but instead the colonist united

  • CONCORD 1775

    1. British get cornerd at a bridge in Concord after fighting at Lexington
    2. British won but the Americans only lost 91 men
    3. Started the American Revolution

  • BATTLE OF LEXINGTON

    1.700 British troops marched to Lexington
    2.Started the war with ''The shot heard around the world'' but nobody knows who fired first
    3.they started the war with this battle

  • 2ND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS 1775

    1. Congress apointed George Washington as leader of the Continental Army
    2. They made the Olive branch potition that was the last hope of peace with Brittian
    3. They met again in Philidephia

  • BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL

    1. The British and Americans were stationed at two hills, Breeze and Bunker 2.The British won but with heavy casulties 3.The Americans had the advantage by being at the top and they all started fighting with anything they could think of

  • COMMON SENSE 1776

    1. Wrote by Thomas Paine
    2. Convinced colonist that they could sell thier products anywherewanted dispite what England said
    3. That the colonist should not be governerd by a King across an ocean

  • DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE 1776

    1. Thomas Jefferson wrote it in only two weeks
    2. It was a document sent to England that the Americns were independant and that they would have freedom
    3. This document made The King more determined to to snuff out the men responsible for the document

  • BATTLE OF NEW YORK 1776

    1. A series of battles fought for control of the important New york and New Jearsey
    2. The British gain control of New York for the rest of the war
    3. The americans win New Jearsey

  • BATTLE OF TRENTON 1776

    1. Washington and his men crossed the Delaware River and attacked on christmas to catch the enemy in suprise
    2. They captured 800 drunk Hessians easily that day without one causulty
    3. This victory boosted the troops moral and caused his men to enlist for another year

  • BATTLE OF PRINCTON 1777

    1. Washington has another victory at Princeton, New Jearsey
    2. He captures 300 British Troops
    3. Washington's men's moral is boosted and they have fresh suplies

  • FORT TICONEROGA 1777

    1. The British won
    2. General Burgoyne won it and it stayed under Brittish rule
    3. There werent many caulties but the Americans were forced to surrender

  • BATTLE OF SARATOGA 1777

    1. A huge turning point in the war because France had been helping secretly but they then started helping out in the open
    2. General Burgoyn surrenderd his entire army over to the Americans
    3. The British were trying to set up a blockade but failed because of Washington's victory

  • WINTER AT VALLY FORGE 1777-1778

    1. 1/4 of Washington's men starved or froze or died of disease 2 Washington wrote a letter to congress saying that his men did not complain even in the peak of death
    2. Congress did not send suport even though Washington asked many times for it

  • BATTLE OF YORK TOWN 1781

    1. It was the last battle of the Revolutionary war
    2. The French helpt by land and sea
    3. This American victory led to the Treaty of Paris

  • TREATY OF PARIS 1783

    1. America was a free and idependent nation
    2. Both sides would pay off any debts owed to each other
    3. Any captured slaves would be returned
    4. Congress would recomend any stolen loyolist land be returend
    5. We had Canada's Attlantic coast fishing rights
    6. The missisippi river , Ohio riever vally and part of Canada would be our land