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French and Indian War
The FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR raged on for over 7 years. The conflict played out in Europe, India, and North America. The English ultimately come on top. -
Proclamation of 1763
The PROCLAMATION OF 1763 was a celebration for the victory over the French and Indian war. This opened many new oppertunities for colonists, and even established 3 more cololnies. These being Quebec, West Florida, and East Florida . -
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Revolutionary War
Because Britain was in war with the the Frence taxes sky rocketed. thus inferiating american colonists. They eventually hit there breaking point and rebelled agaist Great Britain, loyalists sided with the Brittish of course, but the true power was with the patiots that wanted freedom more then anything. The brittish surrendered. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was the killing of five colonists by British regulars in 1770. It was the culmination of tensions in the American colonies that had been growing since Royal troops first appeared in Massachusetts in 1768 to enforce the heavy tax burden imposed by the Townshend Acts. -
Intolerable Acts
The INTOLERABLE ACTS was when the government spent immense sums of money on troops and equipment in an attempt to subjugate Massachusetts. British merchants had lost huge sums of money on looted, spoiled, and destroyed goods shipped to the colonies. -
Boston Tea Party
The BOSTON TEA PARTY was a protest led by patirots. They were protesting the Tea act by disguising themselves as Native Americans and then go on to dump 342 chests of tea into the boston harbor. -
First Continental Congress
The first Continental Congress met in Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia in 1774. Carpenter's Hall was also the seat of the Pennsylvania Congress. All of the colonies except Georgia sent delegates. These were elected by the people, by the colonial legislatures, or by the committees of correspondence of the respective colonies. The colonies presented there were united in a determination to show a combined authority to Great Britain, but their aims were not uniform at -
Second Continental Congress
The imperial army was once again storming boston, the SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS agreed that they must create the continental army that would be led by george washington without pay. -
Declaration of Independence
The DELCLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE was a document, well. declaring independence. After Thosmas Paine wrote 'common sense' challenging King George III and Britains authority many people such as John Locke and Thomas Jefferson had gotten together to create this living document. -
Articles of Confederation
THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION was the first form of goverment to be adopted by United States. The Articles however created a loose confederation of sovereign states and a weak central government, so later on the government fell. -
Treaty of Paris
The TREATY OF PARIS ended the revolutionary war between Great Britain.
