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French and indian war
A series of military engagements between Britain and France in North America between 1754 and 1763. The French and Indian War was the American phase of the Seven Years' War, which was then underway in Europe. In a battle between British and French forces near Quebec City in Canada, the British gained control of all of Canada. -
Procalmation of 1763
Proclamation by Britain at the end of the French and Indian War that prohibited settlement by whites on Indian -
Sugar act 1764
a law passed by the British Parliament in 1764 raising duties on foreign refined sugar imported by the colonies so as to give British sugar growers in the West Indies a monopoly on the colonial market. -
Stamp Act
a law passed by the British Parliament requiring all publications and legal and commercial documents in the American colonies to bear a tax stamp (1765): a cause of unrest in the colonies -
Quartering Act
Quartering Act is the name of at least two 18th-century acts of the Parliament of Great Britain. -
Writs of Assistance 1767
a writ issued by a superior colonial court authorizing officers of the British crown to summon aid and enter and search any premises. -
Townshed Acts
acts of the British Parliament in 1767, especially the act that placed duties on tea, paper, lead, paint, etc., imported into the American colonies. -
Boston Massacre
riot in Boston (March 5, 1770) arising from the resentment of Boston colonists toward British troops quartered in the city, in which the troops fired on the mob and killed several persons -
Tea Act
act of the British Parliament (1773) that created a monopoly unfair to American tea merchants: the chief cause of the boston tea party. -
Boston Tea Party
a raid on three British ships in Boston Harbor (December 16, 1773) in which Boston colonists, disguised as Indians, threw the contents of several hundred chests of tea into the harbor as a protest against British taxes on tea and against the monopoly granted the East India Company -
Intolerable Acts
a series of laws passed by the British in 1774 in an attempt to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party. -
1st Continental Congress 1774
An assembly of delegates from the thirteen colonies (soon to become the thirteen states). It governed during the Revolutionary War and under the Articles of Confederation. The Continental Congress first met in 1774, before the revolution. When it reconvened in 1775, it organized for war against Britain and eventually passed the Declaration of Independence -
Battle of concord
They then marched to Concord for another battle in which they lost many more men than the Americans and were forced back. This greatly encouraged American hopes for the war. -
Battle of Lexington
the first battles of the American Revolution. On 19 April 1775, a British armed force of about 700 men marched from Boston to destroy American military weapons at the town of Concord, Massachusetts. The British were stopped at Lexington by 70 Minutemen, eight of whom were killed in the battle. -
2nd continental Congress
either of two legislative congresses during and after the Revolutionary War. The first was in session from September 5 to October 26, 1774, to petition the British government for a redress of grievances. The second existed from May 10, 1775, to 1789, and issued the declaration of independence and established the Articles of Confederation. -
Ft. Ticconderoga
a pitched battle in which American revolutionary troops captured Fort Ticonderoga from the British in 1775. -
Bunker Hill
(Historical Terms) the first battle of the American Revolution, actually fought on Breed's Hill, next to Bunker Hill, near Boston, on June 17, 1775. Though defeated, the colonists proved that they could stand against British regular soldiers -
Common Sense
In January 1776 Thomas Paine published his fifty-page pamphlet Common Sense. It called for political independence and the establishment of a republican government. The pamphlet created a sensation, as much for its passionate rhetoric as for its political views. It sold more than 500,000 copies within a few months and is credited with creating the political momentum that led to the issuance of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. -
Declaration of Independence
- (Historical Terms) the proclamation made by the second American Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which asserted the freedom and independence of the 13 Colonies from Great Britain
- (Historical Terms) the document formally recording this proclamation.
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Battle of long island
The Battle of Long Island, also known as the Battle of Brooklyn or the Battle of Brooklyn Heights, fought on August 27, 1776, was the first major battle in the American Revolutionary War following the United States Declaration of Independence, the largest battle of the entire conflict, and the first battle in which an army of the United States engaged, having declared itself a nation only the month before. After defeating the British in the Siege of Boston on March 17, 1776, General George Was -
Battle of trenton
A battle of the Revolutionary War following a surprise attack of Continental troops under the command of George Washington on British and Hessian troops at Trenton, New Jersey. Washington and his men crossed the icy Delaware River on Christmas Day, 1776, and attacked the next day, completely surprising the British. It was the first American victory of the war, and helped to restore American morale. -
Battle of Princeton
On January 3, 1777, George Washington having drawn back across the Delaware after Trenton) again crossed into New Jersey, this time outflanking British forces in Princeton. The American army, reduced to 1, 200 men, attacked disorganized British troops at Princeton with modest success. The victories at Trenton and Princeton helped foil the British conquest of northern New Jersey and marked the turning point of the Revolutionary War. Read more: http://www.answers.com/topic/battle-of-princeton#ixz -
Battle of Saratoga
A major battle of the Revolutionary War, fought in 1777 in northern New York state. Benedict Arnold, who had not yet turned traitor, was a leader of the American offensive, which forced the surrender of British troops under General John Burgoyne. -
Winter at Valley Forge
a village in SE Pennsylvania: winter quarters of Washington's army 1777–78. -
Battle of Yorktown
The last battle of the Revolutionary War, fought in 1781 near the seacoast of Virginia. There the British general Lord Cornwallis surrendered his army to General George Washington. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris, signed on September 3, 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain on one side and the United States of America and its allies on the other. The other combatant nations, France, Spain and the Dutch Republic had separate agreements; for details of these, and the negotiations which produced all four treaties, see Peace of Paris (1783).[1][2] Its territorial provisions were "exceedingly generous" to the United States in terms of enlarged boundaries.[3] -
Treaty Of Paris
(1898) a treaty signed by Spain and the United States on December 20, 1898, to end the Spanish-American War. The United States gained temporary control of Cuba and actual control over Guam and Puerto Rico. Spain ceded the Philippines on the condition that the United States pay the Islands $20 million for public works.
