Unit II Assessment: Timeline

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  • Signing of the Paris Treaty

    Signing of the Paris Treaty

    Occured at the end of the Seven Year's War. France claimed all mainland of North American territories ( not including New Orleans). Britain claimed all land east of the Mississippi River. Spain kept territory west of the Mississippi River.
  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763

    George III prohibited all settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act

    Parliament required all legal documents, newspapers, and pamphlets required to use watermarked or "stamped" papers on where the levy was placed.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    A crowd began aggravating a group of soldiers guarding the customs house, when a soldier was knocked down by a snowball ,resulting in him opening fire.
  • Tea Act

    Tea Act

    Parliament allowed the East Indian Company to sell tea directly to the colonies.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    American patriots dump ove 9,000 pounds of East India Company tea into the Boston Harbor.
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts

    4 measures stopped self government in Massachussets.
  • Battles of Lexington and Concord

    Battles of Lexington and Concord

    First engagement of Revolutionary war
  • Battle of Trenton, New Jersey

    Battle of Trenton, New Jersey

    After General George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River north of Trenton the previous night.
  • Battle of Princeton, NJ

    Battle of Princeton, NJ

    George Washington stopped camp to prevent British advancement, later resulting in battle.