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Britain and France fight over land, Britain wins
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This was and act of parliament passed by Great Britain which raised revenue.
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The Townshend Act was a law passed by British Parliament that taxed imported goods coming to the American Colonies. The people saw this as and act of power and abuse from the government.
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The Boston Tea Party was a political and mercantile protest protested by the Sons of Liberty to stop the tax on tea.
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The Tea Act was a law passed that tea could only be bought by the British East Indian Company to reduce the amount of tea they had and help them financially.
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This was a meeting with delegates from 12 out of the 13 British colonies which made America.
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The battles of Lexington and Concord were the first of the Revolutionary war.
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Convention of delegates in 13 colonies that formed in Philadelphia that soon started the Revolutionary war.
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The Olive Branch Petition was the colonists last try to not go to war with Britain during the American Revolution.
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This was adopted by the Second Continental congress meeting in Philadelphia as a pronouncement.
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The Common Sense Act was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that stood for independence for the thirteen colonies.
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The Battle of Trenton was a small war during the Revolutionary War. Washington had defeated Hessian mercenaries and this invigorated Washington.
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This is a painting created by an artist, Emanuel Leutze, which shows George Washington crossing the Delaware river with the Continental army during the Revolutionary War.
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The Battle of Saratoga happened the second year of the American Revolutionary War. There were two battles over eighteen days, America won.
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George Washington lead a unified army who was capable of defeating the British which was a huge turning point in the Revolutionary War.
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Benedict Arnold fought with the Americans in the Revolutionary War after he became a traitor for fighting with the British.
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Lord Charles Cornwallis, a British general and his army surrendered to General George Washington and it's French allies.
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Marquis de Lafayette was a man who lead the American troops in many battles during the Revolutionary War including the battle of Yorktown.
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Signed by King George the third and representatives of the United States officially ended the American Revolutionary War.
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Thomas Jefferson served as the third president of the United States and was born 1773 and died 1826.
