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Navigation Acts
These acts were designed to tighten the government's control over trade between England, its colonies, and the rest of the world. -
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French and Indian War
The French and Indian War was a war in North America between Great Britain and France also known as the Seven Years' War. -
Proclamation of 1763
Made it illegal to go west of the Appalachian mountains -
Stamp Act
The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. -
Boston massacre
British soldiers, who were quartered in the city, fired into a rioting mob killing five American civilians -
Boston Tea Party
A raid on three British ships in Boston Harbor in which Boston colonists, disguised as Indians, threw the contents of several hundred chests of tea into the harbor. -
Intolerable/Coercive Acts of 1774
Harsh laws passed by the British Parliament. They were meant to punish the American colonists for the Boston Tea Party and other protests. -
1st Continental Congress
delegates from each of the 13 colonies except for Georgia.They met in Philadelphia -
Lexington and Concord
First Revolutionary Battle at Lexington and Concord. When British troops are sent to confiscate colonial weapons, they run into an untrained and angry militia. -
2nd Continental Congress
Managed the Colonial war effort and helped get independence adopting the United States Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. -
Bunker Hill
Early in the Revolutionary War, the British defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill -
Saratoga
Turning point in the American Revolution. -
Thomas Paynes Common Sense
A pamphlet written by Thomas Payne promoting independence from Great -
Declaration of Independence
Written by Thomas Jefferson and adopted by the 2nd continental congress. Listed the reasons the colonies sought freedom from the king. -
Battle of Trent
George Washington crossed the Delaware and won a battle -
Valley Forge
The military camp 18 miles northwest of Philadelphia where the American Continental Army spent the winter of 1777–1778 during the American Revolutionary War. -
Siege of Yorktown
French and Continental troops, begins the siege known as the Battle of Yorktown against British General Lord Charles Cornwallis and a contingent of 9,000 British troops at Yorktown, Virginia -
Treaty of Paris 1783
Ended the Revolutionary War and recognized American Independence.
