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Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris is also known as Peace of Paris. It was signed by Great Britain, France, Spain, with Portugal. This was in agreement after Britain won over France and Spain in the Seven Years War. This war was also called the French and Indian War in North American. -
Townshend Acts
Townshend Acts were a series of acts passed by the Parliment of Britain. This related to the British Colonies in North America. It was named after Charles Townshend since he proposed the program. The purpose of the Townsend ask was to raise revenue in the colonies to pay the saleries of governors and judges so they could be independent of colony rule. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party is refered to as "the destruction of tea". This was a protest against the ta policy. It was of the companys that controlled all the tea imported to the colonies. The refused to return the the ship loads of to so they destroyed the tea by throwing it in the Boston Harbor, -
First Continental Congress
First CongressThe First Continental Congress was a convetion of twelve colonies. Georgia was not involved in it. They met at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The intolerable acts punished Boston for the Boston Tea Party. -
Second Continental Congress
Again this was a convention from the thirteen colonies. It was also hald in Philadelphia This managed the colonies war effort and moved towards Independence. It had also adopted the United States Declaration of Independence, -
Battle of Bunker Hill
Bunker HillThis is named after the adjacent Bunker Hill which was involved in the battle. He was the original objective for both colonial and Britich troops. He is also referred to as "Battle of Breed's hill". Colonies learnd that Britsh was sending troops to gaurd the hills. -
Washington Crosses the Delaware
Crossing DelawareThis was the first move in an organized attack by Georage Washington. It was for the Hessians forces in Trenton, New Jersey. Hw led the Army in a challenging and dangeous operation. Other crossing were called off but it did not stop Washington from defeating trops of Johann Hall. -
Flag Resolution
Cowpens Flag was first used in 1777. It was used by Third Maryland Regiment. The flag was carried at the Battle of Cowpems. In the Maryland State House is were the actual flag from the battle hangs. -
Franco-American Alliance
This ws between Louis XVI's France and the United States. It was a military pact in which France provided arm and money and full-scale war with Britian. Netherlands and Spain joined as alllies for France. Britian still had no allies, This came controversial when they went to war and the United States came nuetral. -
Battle of Newtown
This was also known as The Battle of Chemung. This was led by General John Sullivan that was ordered by the Continental Congress. This was the most significent military engagementof the Sullivan Campaign. It took place on the foot of a hill along Chemung River. -
Battle of Guilford Courthouse
It was between 1,900 man British force under command of General Charles Cornwalllis. Also General Nathanael Greene's 4,000 Americans. The British end up defeating the Americans. It was a bad lost. -
Surrendor at Yorktown
America declared Independence but took another five years to to win freedom from the british. Then the day had came when british Generol surrendored in Yorktown. General brought 8.000 british troops. They expected help from british ships, but they never showed up. -
Preliminary Articles of Peace
Franklin rejected peacer fellers from Great Britian. This would bring autonomy whitin the British empire. He refused a peace seperating France, America;s staunch Ally. He did negotiations with British to end the war. -
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of ParisThis ended the War between Great Britian and its allies. The other nations France, Spain and Dutch had a different agreement. Theres was called Peace of Paris. The agreements were very nice to America in terms of enlarging boundaries.
