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The Revolutionary Era 1750 - 1783
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FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR BEGINS
FRENCH AND INDIAN WARS BEGIN THE WAR FOUGHT BETWEEN THE FRENCH AND BRITISH FOR CONTROL OF NORTH AMERICA -
PROCLAMATION OF 1763
THE KING FORBADE COLONIST FROM MOVING WEST OF TE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS WITH THIS NEW LAW -
sugar act
April 5, 1764 Sugar Act -
STAMP ACT
May 22 1765 Stamp Act an act of the British Parliament in 1756 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents. Colonial opposition led to the act's repeal in 1766 and helped encourage the revolutionary movement against the British Crown. -
boston massacre
March 5 1770 Boston Massacre Image result for boston massacrewww.ushistory.org
The Boston Massacre was a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770, between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. Several colonists were killed and this led to a campaign by speech-writers to rouse the ire of the citizenry. -
BOSTON TEA PARTY
December 16, 1773 Boston Tea Party The Boston Tea Party (initially referred to by John Adams as "the Destruction of the Tea in Boston") was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, on December 16, 1773. -
Battle Lexington and Concord
April 19, 1775 Battle Lexington and Concord The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. They were fought on April 19, 1775, in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy (present-day Arlington), and Cambridge, near Boston -
declaration of Independece
Printer-Friendly Version The Declaration of Independence: A Transcription IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind r -
Battle of Long Island
August 27, 1776 On August 27, 1776 the British Army successfully moved against the American Continental Army led by George Washington. The battlewas part of aBritish campaign to seize control of New York and thereby isolate New England from the rest of the colonies. Washington’s defeat could have led to the surrender of his entire force, but his ingenuity instead allowed him to escape and continue the fight -
WASHINGTON CROSSES THE DELAWARE
GEORGE WASHINGTON CROSSES THE DELAWARE RIVER AND LEADS A SURPRISE ATTACK AGAINST THE HESSIANS IN TRENTON NEW JERSEY -
Battles of Saratoga
September 19, 1777 – October 7, 1777 Fought eighteen days apart in the fall of 1777, the two Battles of Saratoga were a turning point in the American Revolution. On September 19th, British General John Burgoyne achieved a small, but costly victory over American forces led by Horatio Gates and Benedict Arnold. Though his troop strength had been weakened, Burgoyne again attacked the Americans at Bemis Heights on October 7th, but this time was defeated and forced to retreat. He surrendered ten day -
Valley Forge
December 19, 1777 Valley Forge was the site of the 1777-78 winter encampment of the Continental Army. The park commemorates the sacrifices and perseverance of the Revolutionary War generation and honors the ability of citizens to pull together and overcome adversity during extraordinary times. -
Battle of Monmouth
June 28, 1778 General Washington hurried his army forward to. An advanced force of some 4,000 troops was allocated to attack the marching British Army and cut it in half. Washington offered the command of this assault to Major General Charles Lee. Initially Lee refused the appointment, lacking confidence in the success of the plan. When the force was increased in size to 5,000 men and given to the Marquis de Lafayette, Lee changed his mind and insisted on the command. Lee had the task of attacki -
Yorktown
September 28, 1781 The Siege of Yorktown, also known as the Battle of Yorktown, the Surrender at Yorktown or the German Battle, ending on October 19, 1781 at Yorktown, Virginia, was a decisive victory by a combined force
