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French and Indian War!
-This war was a fight for North America
-13 colonies had been left alone for more than a century just to expand.
-The French wanted the English colonists out of the Ohio River Valley so they made a rule to where they could not pass the Appalacian Mountains. -
Treaty of Paris!
-Ends the French and Indian War in 1763.
-Because of this, the French lost all of their territory in North America.
-Native Americans responded by attacking colonists and destroying their forts. -
Proclamation of 1763!
-The British did not allow colonists to go past the Appalacian Mountains.
-They sent troops to protect and prevent settlers from crossing the line.
-The British Government were angry that colonists did not want to pay for their own protection -
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Stamp Act!
-Putting taxes on all home goods.
-Taxes on cards,newspapers, wills, lead etc.
-Legislation that requires a tax to be paid on the transfer of certain documents. -
Quartering Act!
-Established as a way for the English top save money on their troops stationed in the Colonies.
-If any soldier went to a random home in the colonies, the owners of the home would have to let them stay there and suppy them with their needs.
-The colonists were to suppy space for soldiers even if they're strangers. -
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Sugar Act!
-First british tav placed on Colonial goods.
-Took place after the French and Indian War.
-Helped pay off British War debt. -
Writs of Assistance!
-Established to allow customs officers the right to search any ship at any time.
-Any officer or soldier was allowed to search ships without warrants.
-Colonists were not happy that soldiers could search their houses for no reason. -
Townshed Acts!
-Series of acts passed beginning in 1767
-By Parlement of Great Britain.
-Named after Charles Townshend. -
Boston Masacre!
-6 people were killed
-Culmination of tensions in the American colonies that had been growing since Royal troops first appeared in Massachusetts
-Jury assembled for the trial did not have a single Bostonian. -
Tea Act!
-Launched the final spark to the revolutionary moment in Boston.
-Placed no new tax on tea.
-British government preferred to help the struggling East India Co. -
Boston Tea Party!
-Tea dumped into Boston Harbor.
-Colonists dressed up as Indians to get on their ship a dump all their tea.
-Referred to as "The Destruction of the Tea" -
Intolerable Acts!
-The Bristish did this to pinish Massachsettes for the Boston Tea Party.
-Led to closing the Boston Harbor.
-"Administration of Justice" -
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Intolerable Acts!
-There are 3 Acts passed by Great Britain.
-Closed the Boston Harbor.
-Colonist had to supply soldier with needs. -
1st Continental Congress!
-Convention of delegates from twelve British North American colonies.
-Held in Philadelphia Pennsylvania.
-Petition was unsuccessful in halting enforcement. -
Battle of Lexington!
-First military engagements
-Marked the outbreak of open armed conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and its thirteen colonies.
-700 men were given secret orders to capture and destroy military supplies. -
Battle of Concord!
-There were over 1,500 British soldiers fighting.
-Several hundred men had gathered in the town and began a slow march toward the oncoming redcoats, who had easily scattered the militia in Lexington. -
2nd Continental Congress!
-A convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies.
-Held in Philidelphia, Pennslyvania.
-55 delagates attended the first meeting. -
Bunker Hill!
-British lost over 1,000 men in battle but still won.
-Patriots fortifying 2 hills over looking the Boston Harbor.
-"Don't shoot until you see the whites of their eyes"-Patrick Henry -
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Ft. Ticonderoga!
-8,000 men in the army surrounded the defences.
-Undertook significant efforts to improve the defences surrounding Ticonderoga.
-"Sugar Loaf" -
Common Sence
-Written by Thomas Paine.
-Published anonymously.
-Wanting American Independence so he trys to get the word out with this pamphlet. -
Declaration of Independence!
-Written mainly by Thomas Jefferson.
-Gave Americans their independence.
-Now celebrated every year as what we know as "The Fourth of July". -
Battle of Long Island, New York!
-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.
-The Hessians began to bombard the American lines stationed at Battle Pass but after hard work, we still won. -
Battle of Trinton!
-Was a suprise attack.
-No one expected it because everyone was celebrating Christmas Eve so most soldiers weren't prepared and some were even probably drinking so couldn't fight.
-Captured over 800 Hessian prisoners. -
Battle of Saratoga!
-Turning point in the war.
-Americans asked the Spanish and French Army to help them, so they did.
-They trapped british troops and the only way they could get off was a ship but then the French sent out their army to make sure they don't escape so the British then had to surrender. -
Winter at Valley Forge!
-More than half of the men died before they even fought.
-Too many men got frost bites and couldn't get food and froze to death in the snow.
-Most of them couldn't go forward and were left behind because it was too cold for them all to stay healthy. -
Battle of Princeton!
-Weren't ready for another attack because of the one the day before a year ahead.
-Washington captures another 300 British soldiers in New Jersey.
-Washington would go on to lose the battles of Brandywine and Germantown. -
Battle of Yorktown!
-The British General, Cornwallis moved all his troops to Virginia.
-While Cornwallis and his troops were moving, it gave more time on Washington to set traps towards them.
-A fleet of French battleships sailed close by so Cornwallis surrendered. -
Treaty of Paris 1783
-Officially ends the American Revolution giving Victory to the United States.
-Great Britain also signed separate agreements with France and Spain.
-Britain agreed to remove all of its troops from the new nation. The treaty also set new borders for the United States, including all land from the Great Lakes on the north to Florida on the south, and from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River.
