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Revolutionary War

  • Treaty of Paris - 1763

    Treaty of Paris - 1763

    It formally ended the Seven Year War.
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  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763

    It forbade settlers from setteling past a line drawn along the Appalachin Mountains
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    Required many printed materials in the colonies to be produced on stamp paper made in London.
  • Martha Custis Washington

    Martha Custis Washington

    Wife of George Washington.
  • Townshend Acts

    Townshend Acts

    Taxes on glass, paint, oil, lead, paper, and tea were applied with the design of raising £40,000 a year for the administration of the colonies.
  • Abigail Adams

    Abigail Adams

    Married John Adams.
  • Benedict Arnold

    Benedict Arnold

    He was originally an American Soldier but defected to the British troops.
  • Patriots

    Patriots

    Colonists that vioently rebelled against British Control.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    A street fight between a Patriot mob and British Soldiers.
  • Sons of Liberty

    Sons of Liberty

    An orginization of American Patriots that performed the Boston Tea Party.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    Citizens of Boston disquised as Indians raided three British ships in Boston Harbor and threw all off their tea overboard.
  • Intorerable Acts

    Intorerable Acts

    The government spent a lot of money on troops and equitment in an attempt to dominate Massachusetts.
  • Quatering Act

    Quatering Act

    Provided that local authorities must provide quarters for British troops.
  • 1rst Continental Congress

    1rst Continental Congress

    A convention for delacates from 12 colonies in Philadelphia.
  • Loyalists

    Loyalists

    They were American colonists who remained loyal to the British.
  • Sam Adams

    Sam Adams

    Political leader in the Revolution and signer of the Dec. of independence.
  • George Washington

    George Washington

    First president of USA and was the commander in cheif of the contenental army.
  • Paul Revere

    Paul Revere

    Left his small home in Boston and set out on a journey known as the midnight ride. He told everyone that the British were coming.
  • Lexington and Concord

    Lexington and Concord

    The first battle of the American Revolution.
  • Thomas Paine

    Thomas Paine

    He proposed an arguement why America should seek independence and it helped make up the minds of American leaders.
  • Thomas Jefferson

    Thomas Jefferson

    American Founding Father and author of Dec. of Independence.
  • Declaration of Indepenence

    Declaration of Indepenence

    Announced that 13 American colonies regarded themselves as independent states.
  • John Adams

    John Adams

    Second president of the United States and was a politican.
  • Battle of Saratoga

    Battle of Saratoga

    A battle during the American Revolution where the British under Burgoyne were defeated.
  • Hessians

    Hessians

    German forces of army that fought for the British.
  • Lord Cornwallis

    Lord Cornwallis

    Led several successful early campaigns during the American Revolution and he was a British leader but lost the final battle.
  • Battle of Yorktown

    Battle of Yorktown

    A victory by a combined force of American troops and French troops beating the British troops in Yorktown, New York
  • Treaty of Paris - 1783

    Treaty of Paris - 1783

    Ended the Revolutionary War between Great Britan on one side and The United States and their alles on another.