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Proclamation of 1763
The proclamation of 1763 was made to stop the colonists from crossing into the land of the indians. -
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Sugar act
The British put a tax on all the sugar products (sugar,molasses) which increased the price of sugar but the colonists rebelled and the tax was soon lifted. -
Stamp act
The second tax that Brittan forced onto the colonists. This required a stamp to be put onto any paper products. This was also repealed. -
Townshend acts
A series of acts passed that taxed the import of on many goods such as sugar,paper,and tea -
Boston Massacre
The colonists decided to provoke some Brittish sentries into firing their guns. This was blown out of proportion, and was used to cast the Brittish in a bad light. -
Tea Act
This was a tax put on tea. This angered the colonists because it took away the freedom to choose. The tax was repealed. -
Boston Tea Party
As a response to the Tea Act, a few of the Sons Of Liberty dressed up as boarded some Brittish ships and dumped all the tea into the river.This caused the tea act to be repealed. -
Intolerable acts
This was a string of new laws that the colonists absolutely despised. This closed Boston Harbor, canceled Massachusetts's charter, sent royal officials to Brittan too try them, forced colonists to house British soldiers, gave land to Quebec, and made a military officer the governor of Massachusetts. -
First continential congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies that met on September 5 to October 26, 1774 at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution -
Edenton tea party
The Edenton Tea Party was one of the earliest organized women's political actions in U.S. history. On October 25, 1774, Mrs. Penelope Barker organizedfifty-one women in Edenton, North Carolina. -
Battle at lexington and concord
The colonists had weapons stored in Lexington and Concord, so the Brittish decided to go there and sieze the weapons from the Colonists. But Paul Revere decided to ride to Lexington and Concord to warn the colonists that the Brittish were coming. Thanks to this the he colonists sucessfully drove the Brittish out. -
The ride of Paul Revere
Paul Revere rode on his horse trying to warn the colonists that the British were on their way -
Mecklenburg Resolves
The Mecklenburg Resolves, or Charlotte Town Resolves, was a list of statements adopted at Charlotte, in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina on May 31, 1775 which wwas drafted in the month after the fighting at Lexington and Concord. -
Continetal army
The Continental Army was formed after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War by the colonies that became the United States of America -
Battle of Bunker (breeds) hill
A battle where the british marched in colums towards the colonists but in an effort to save ammunition their comander said to shot only shen they see the whites in their eyes. The british retred and came back again and again.After a while,the colonists ran out of ammunition so they retreated but this was still a win for the colonists because the britich lost more than a thousand men,but the colonists only lost a few hundreads of men. -
Second continetal congress
The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the summer of 1775, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, soon after warfare, the American Revolutionary War had begun. -
Battle of ticonderoga
Battle of Ticonderoga or Capture of Fort Ticonderoga was a surprise capture of the fort by Americans. -
Battle at moores creek bridge
The Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge was a battle of the American Revolutionary War fought near Wilmington in present-day Pender County, North Carolina on February 27, 1776 -
Halifax resolves
The name later given to a resolution adopted by the Fourth Provincial Congress of the Province of North Carolina on April 12, 1776. The resolution was a forerunner of the United States Declaration of Independence. -
Valley forge
Valley Forge was the site of the 1777-78 winter encampment of the Continental Army. -
Battle of kings mountain
The Battle of Kings Mountain was a decisive victory in South Carolina for the Patriot militia over the Loyalist militia in the Southern campaign of the American Revolutionary War. -
Battle at Yorktown courthouse
The Battle of Guilford Court House was a battle fought on March 15, 1781, at a site which is now in Greensboro, the county seat of Guilford County, North Carolina, during the American Revolutionary War. A 2,100-man British force under the command of Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis defeated Major General Nathanael Greene's 4,500 Americans. The British Army, however, lost a considerable number of men during the battle with estimates as high as 27%. -
Battle of yorktown
The Battle of Yorktown,ot the Surrender at Yorktown ending on October 19, 1781 at Yorktown, Virginia, was a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington and French Army troops led by the Comte de Rochambeau over a British Army commanded by British lord and Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis. -
Treaty of Paris (1783)
The Treaty of Paris, signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America on September 3, 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War.
