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Treaty of Paris
The peace agreement that ended the French and Indian War. -
Stamp Act
A British law that raised tax money by making the colonists pay for an official stamp on all of their paper. -
Townshend Acts
laws passed by British parlaiment to raise taxes on certain items. -
Boston Massacre
An incident when a troop of British soldiers fired into a crowd of angry colonists. -
Tea Act
British Parlaiment passed a law allowing the British East India company to sell it's low cost tea directly to the colonies. It led to the Boston tea party. -
Boston Tea Party
A group of Sons of liberty disquise themselves as Mohawk indians and dump 92,000 ponds of British tea into the Boston Harbor in protest to British taxes. -
Intolerable Acts
Laws passed by British Parliament to punish the colonists who participated in the Boston Tea Party. This act restricted the Boston port from the rest of the world until the colonists paid for the tea they destroyed. -
First Continental Congress
56 colonial represenatives met in Philadelphia to decide how to react to the harsh British laws. They petitioned the king and said what they thought was fair treatment for the colonists. -
Edenton Tea Party
A group of women came together in Edenton, North Carolina to sign a petition saying that they would not use any more British products. -
General Thomas Gage
He led the British army in America for 10 years before the rebellion when he failed to stem the revolution. -
Paul Revere
Paul Revere rode with two ther riders to warn the colonists of the arival of the British army's arival. -
Battles at Lexington and Concord
The colonists had their first battle with the British. They ended up driving the British back from Lexington to Concord and the colonists learned they could hold their own against the British. -
Siege of Boston
An 11 month period during which american militiamen effectivly held british soldiers in Boston. It ended on March 17, 1776 -
Second Continental Congress
Colonial represenatives met in Philadelphia to decide how to react to the fighting in Lexington and Concord. -
Battle of Ticonderoga
The continental army defeated the British army and managed to take their cannons. No shots were fired and the colonists took the fort while the British slept. -
Mecklenburg Resolves
A set of resolves adopted in Charlotte Town that were drafted after the Battles of Lexington and Concord. They stated that the colonies would no longer go by British laws. -
Continental Army
The army created by the second continental congress to defend the colonies from British forces. -
George Washington
Goege Washington was asigned by congress to lead the Continental Army. He was chosen because of his reputation and experience, altough he was not used to leading large armies. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
Revolutionary war battle. The British won, but the battle showed the american's wisdom and they inflicted severe casualties to the british. -
Olive Branch Petition
A peace request sent by the Second Continental Congress to King George III who rejected it. -
Lord Dunmore's proclamation
Prevented the colonists from going west and was made to make peace with the indians. -
Halifax Resolves
A resolution adopted by the Fourth Provincial Congress that was a forerunner of the Declaration of Independance. They stated that North Carolina would become a free colony and help other colonies in their endeavors. -
Declaration of Independance
A statement of the second continental congress that defined the colonists rights, outlined their complaints against Britain, and declared independence -
Battle of Trenton
The Americans won and this battle was fpught with militias. -
Battle of Charleston
The Brritish won the battle. Because of theis the British gained control of the South and the Americans lost many soldiers. -
Battle of King's Mountain
American loyalists fought the american revolutionaries. The revolutionists won the battle. -
Battle of Cowpens
The americans overwhelmingly defeated the British and the battle was a turning point of the southern campaign. -
Battle of Yorktown
The Americans teamed up with the french and defeated the british army. It was the deciding battle of the war. -
Treaty of Paris
Peace agreement that ended the Revolutionary war and made the British recognize the United States.
