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Treaty of Paris French and Indian War
France gave up all its territories in mainland North America -
The Proclamation Line
The Proclamation Line of 1763 was a British-produced boundary marked in the Appalachian Mountain -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act prohibited the importation if all rum and refined sugar. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act of 1765 was ratified by the British parliament under King George III. -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act prohibited British soldiers from being housed in private homes. -
Declaratory Act
The Declaratory stated that parliament could make laws binding the American colonies. -
Townshend Act
The Townshend act is a series of measures passed by the British that taxed goods imported to the American colonies. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770 -
Committees of Correspondence
The Committees of Correspondence promoted manufacturing in the Thirteen Colonies and advised colonists not to buy goods imported from Britain. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act granted the British East India Company Tea a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea party was a protest where American colonists dumped 342 chests of tea. -
Intolerable Act
The intolerable act was a series of punitive laws passed by the British in 1774, -
1st Continental Congress
Delegates from twelve of Britain's thirteen American colonies met to discuss America's future under growing British aggression. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord signaled the start of the American Revolutionary war on April 19, 1775. -
2nd Continental Congress
May 1775, appointed George Washington commander in chief of the army -
Battle of Bunker Hill
A battle where the British defeated the Americans. -
Thomas Paine's Common Sense
In Common Sense, Thomas Paine argues for American independence. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence, the founding document of the United States, -
Battle of Valley Forge
On September 18, 1777, General Wilhelm von Knyphausen led British soldiers on a raid of Valley. -
Battle of Yorktown
The Battle of Yorktown engagement of the American Revolution. Where the British surrendered forecast.