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The End of the French and Indian War
The French and Indian War was ended due to the the Treaty of Paris in 1763. The war had lasted for 7 years. -
Proclamation of 1763
After the French and Indian war Great Brittian created the proclamation of 1773. This was intended to conciliate the Indians by checking the encroachment of settlers on their lands -
The Stamp Act of 1765
On march 22nd 1765 Goearge Greenville passed the stamp act. This act required the American colonist to pay a tax on any printed item. -
Quartering Act
On may 3rd 1765 the quartering act was put in place by George Greenville. This act claimed that the American Colonist had to feed and house Britsh solidiers. -
The Stamp Act of Congress
The Stamp Act Congress or First Congress of the American Colonies was a meeting held between October 7 and 25, 1765 in New York City, consisting of representatives from some of the British colonies in North America; it was the first gathering of elected representatives from several of the American colonies to devise a unified protest against new British taxation -
Boston Masacure
The Boston Masacure was a fight between the British mob and the American Colonist. This lead to the deaths of many American citizens. -
Tea Act 1773
In 1773 the tea act was established to regulate surplus amounts of tea. -
Boston Tea Party
This was a political protest due to the Tea act. The Sons of liberty dressed themselves as indians and destroyed all of the tea on the ship from the East Indian Company. -
Intolerable Acts
Because of the Boston tea party the British Parliament set the intolerable acts in place. The coercive acts were four acts established in order to regain order in massachusettes and punish the people of boston for the Tea Party. -
Second Continental Congress
After the Battle of Lexington and Concord the Britsh begain firing in a crowded area throughout boston. The Second Continental Congress meet in order to see what need to be done. -
First Continental Congress
The first contental congress was a group of 12 delagates from 13 colonies. The intolerable acts drove them to this meeting and they did it in secret so that Britain would not know about it. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
This battle took place on april 19, 1775. This battle was found as the first battle in the American Revolution. Due to everything that has happened in the colonies America wanted to gain freedom. -
New York Campaign
This battle took place because Britain was upset about the fact of the battle of Lexington took place. Throughout the American Revolution this battle was for conquest of New York and New Jersy. -
Battle of Priceton
Cornwallis was concered with the battle that was going to take place so on January 3 he tried to sneak up on Washington and men. Washington got away and 275 redcoats died throughout this battle. -
Articles of Confederation
In 1777 the Articles of Confederation was created but waa not ratified by all 13 states untill march of 1781.. -
Battle of Saratoga
The battles continue, and America wins the battle of Saratoga. This was a crucial point for America independence as it renewed thier hope in gaining freedom. At this battle General Burgoyne surrendered to Washington. -
Southern Campaign
In 1778 the British realized that they were loosing the war, so they came up with a plan called the Southern Campaign. This plan basically was was try to capture all of the southern colonies. -
Battle of Yorktown
This was the most important battle in the American Revolution as Washington lead 17,000 troops to defeat the 9,000 troop British Army. Washington had completly surrounded the British troops with causlties and the french army. -
Constitutional Convention
This congress met to detirmine what was wrong with the Articles of Confederation. In this convention they altered the Articles in order to grow stronger. -
Ratification of the Constitution
On this day the first congress submitted 12 admendments to be ratified. Ten of these admendments were ratified and were named the bill of rights.
