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French and Indian War
Also known as the 7 years war between the French and British, fought for land in the Colonies. British ended up with the colonies and left them in big time dept after the war. -
Proclamation of 1763
The British issued the proclamation right after the French and Indian War, this closed down colonial expansion was the first time it affected the thirteen colonies. -
Sugar Act
After the war Britain was in major dept, to repay it they taxed the colonists with several acts one of which was the sugar act replacement for the molasses act which was about to expire. -
Townshend Act
Passed by the British Parliament that taxed items imported to the 13 colonies. -
Boston Massacre
This is when British soldiers opened fire on some colonists later killing 5 men also led up to the American Revolution. -
Boston tea party
Several colonists mad about the tea act disguised themselves as Indians and raided three ships full of tea and threw off several crates of tea as a reaction to the tea act. -
Tea Act
Another one of the acts to tax the colonists so Britain be in dept, it was created to reduce massive amounts of tea that were foreign not from Britain. -
First Continental Congress
This was a meeting which consisted of representatives of twelve of the thirteen colonies and they created a response to the taxes that have been set on them. -
Second Continental Congress
The second Continental Congress consisted of people from all the colonies. This time they discussed how they would match the British military and eventually go independent. -
Intolerable Acts
Also known as the Coercive Acts this was made to punish the colonists that were involved with the Boston Tea Party, an example was they closed the port were they got supplies until they paid for the tea they threw over. -
Lexington and Concord
These were the first military engagements in the revolutionary war. British troops went to concord to get control of their arms and they met at Lexington and started to fire shots at one another. -
George Washington
George Washington was selected to be commander of the american army on June 15, 1775 he was a great leader and later became the first president of the U.S. -
Bunker HIll
This was a battle that started towards the beginning of the revolution raised the americans confidence although they lost. -
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson also a founding father, was the author of the Deceleration of Independence and later became the third president of the U.S. -
Declaration of Independence
This is the famous document that declared their independence from Britain and included why they were leaving and how it was unfair to them. -
Common Sense
Best seller book made by Thomas Paine he reasoned on why the colonies should depart from Britain and about creating the Democratic Republic. -
France Provides aid to the colonists.
France helped the colonies by providing supply to the army and later became an ally with the Treaty of Alliance. -
Siege of Yorktown
Some say this is one of the most important battles of the Revolutionary War when they captured British Soldiers in Yorktown brought confidence to the army. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris ended the French and Indian War, France gave up it's territories in North America to make sure foreign military threat to the British colonies. -
Alexander Hamilton
One of the founding fathers although he didn't write some of the constitution but he helped out with it and it's approval. He wrote 51 of 81 essays known as the Federalist Papers. He was the first secretary of the treasury while George Washington was president.
