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French and Indian war
American phase of a worldwide nine years’ war (1754–63) fought between France and Great Britain. -
The Sugar Act
Also known as the America Revenue Act, was a revenue-raising act passed by the British Parliament of Great Britain in April of 1764. -
Stamp act
An act of the British Parliament in 1765 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents. Colonial opposition led to the act's repeal in 1766 and helped encourage the revolutionary movement against the Crown. -
The Boston Massacre
Arising from the resentment of Boston colonists toward British troops quartered in the city, in which the troops fired on the mob and killed several persons. -
Tea Act
Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. The principal objective was to reduce the massive amount of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company in its London warehouses and to help the struggling company survive. -
The Boston Tea Party
A group of Massachusetts colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians board three British tea ships moored in Boston Harbor and dump 342 chests of tea into the water. -
Boston Port Act
Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which became law on March 25, 1774, and is one of the measures that were designed to secure Great Britain's jurisdictions over her American dominions. -
"Give me liberty or Give me death" speech
By custom, Henry addressed himself to the Convention's president, Peyton Randolph of Williamsburg. Henry's words were not transcribed, but no one who heard them forgot their eloquence, or Henry's closing words: "Give me liberty, or give me death!" -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
It was the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. The battles were fought in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy, and Cambridge, near Boston. -
The Battle of Bunker Hill
The first great battle of the Revolutionary War; it was fought near Boston in June 1775. The British drove the Americans from their fort at Breed's Hill to Bunker Hill, but only after the Americans had run out of gunpowder. -
George Washington is Named Commander of Cheif
George Washington was a leader of the revolutionary moment in Virginia, a former commander of Virginia's frontier forces, and a British colonial army officer, was commissioned "commander-in-chief" of the army of the United States. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House. -
Battle of Ticonderoga
The Battle of Ticonderoga was a British approach that forced a small French garrison to withdraw. -
Battle of Saratoga
The two Battles of Saratoga were a turning point in the American Revolution. British General John Burgoyne achieved a small, but costly victory over American forces. -
The French Aliance
The American victory caused a reversal of British policy toward Americans. -
Battle of Yorktown
The Siege of Yorktown, or known as the Battle or Yorktown, was a decisive victory by a combined force force of American Continental Army troops. -
Peace Treaty
The Treaty of Paris of 1783, negotiated at the United States and Great Britain, ended the revolutionary war and recognized American Independence. -
General Cornwallis
The Surender at Yorktown, German Battle of the Siege of Little York, ending at October 19, 1781 -
The Quartering Act of 1774
The 1774 Quartering Act was one of the series of Intolerable Acts passed as a reprisal to the Boston Tea Party. -
Thomas Paine Writes Common Sense
On 1776, writer Thomas Paine writes Common Sense. He was setting forth his arguments in favor of American Independence.
