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Treaty of paris (french and indian war)
The Treaty that ended the French and Indian War. -
Sugar Act
Great Britian put a tax on sugar tor the colonist. -
Stamp Act
An act passed by Parliament on paper. It ment that any paper products colonist bought had to have a stamp. -
Townshend Acts 1767
The townshend acts were passed by Parliament to tax the colonist. They were series of laws pasted by parliament some of the acts were the Revenue act of 1767, Indemity act, commisioner of customs act and some others. -
Boston Massacre
A riot that lead to 5 boston civilians shot dead by the Red Coats (Britsh). -
Tea Act
Parliament pass an act called the tea act which taxed tea on the colonist. -
Boston Tea Party
In boston the colonists were mad about the taxes on tea & so they dumped the all the ships tea in the Boston Harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
The intolerable acts were acts to punish the colonist for what they did at the Boston durring the Boston Tea Party. Some of the acts were Boston Port Act, Massachusetts Government Act, Administration of Justice Act, Quartering Act, Quebec act. -
First Continetal Congress
A convention held for the delegates of the third-teen states. They talked about what Great Britian was doing and tried to avoid a war with them. So they decided to boycott everything that was taxed and meet agian in a year. -
lexington & Concord
First military engagement was between the British and Colonist in Lexington and Concord. The Colonist win. -
Second Continental Congress
The third-teen colonies met up for a second time in philidelphia agian to talk about the war & write the declartion of independce. -
Bunker Hill
The battle of Bunker Hill was fought mostly on & around Bunker Hill, in Charlestown, Massachusetts, it was a British Victory. -
Olive Branch Petition
The Olive Branch Petition was adopted by the continetal congress at first in a attempt to avoid a full blown out war with Great Britian. -
Battle of New York
British win battle & gain control of New York. -
Battle of Trenton
The battle took place in Trenton New Jersey. The Continental army win the battle of trenton. -
Battle of Saratoga
The British won the first battle. Then later Great Britian surrendered so the continetal army won. -
Valley Forge
Valley Forge was a military camp where the continental congress stayed during the winter of 1777-1778. -
John Paul Jones captures the Serapis
John Paul Jones sailed his boat and goes & captures a major Great Britian Naval Boat named the Serapis. -
British Capture Charleston
The battle was fought in Charleston North Carolina. The battle went on until May 12, 1780. The British win and take over Charleston. -
Treaty of paris (ending revolutionary war)
The treaty that offical gave Americans their Independance form Great Britian.
