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Attack on Fort Duquense
The fort was built in Pennsylvania in the fertile Ohio River valley. This fort angered Robert Dinwiddie who sent colonial troops to evict the French. He sent George Washington who defeated a small French force, but had to retreat when the French Counterattacked. This battle lead to the Seven Years' War. -
The War Shifts
British cut off French shipping to the Americas. This caused the Natives to desert the French for the better-supplied British. The British were able to capture Fort Duquense and Fort Louisbourg. -
Treaty of Paris
British wins major victories in India, the Philippines, West Africa, and the West Indies. The Treaty of Paris ended the war in favor of the British who kept Canada, the great Lakes, the Ohio River valley, and Florida -
Pontiac's Rebellion
The British's conquest of Canada was horrible for the Natives. Several tribes' members surprised and captured most of the British forts in the Ohio River valley and the Great Lakes as well as places in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia. -
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Sugar, Quartering, and Stamp acts
New Prime Minister, George Grenville, proposed raising money by collecting duties already in effect. Over the next year, parliament introduced new rules of sugar tax, housing for British Soldiers, and a tax on all printed materials -
First Continental Congress
The colonies became very opposed to the Coercive Acts and met up to discuss what they planned on doing about it. Here, delegates announced a boycott of all British imports. -
Lexington and Concord, the war begins
Two country towns of Boston erupt in war and the Revolutionary war starts. -
Common sense is written
Thomas Paine writes a book "Common Sense" about patriotism -
America Declares Independence
Colonists write the Declaration of Independence. -
Battle of Saratoga
The French enter the war and help colonists to victory