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French and Indian war
Due to the expansion of the French empire in north America, it began to collide with the British empire, this conflict became known as the French an Indian war -
proclamation of 1763
This established a proclamtion line along the applalachian mountains in which the colonists could not cross -
sugar act
The sugar act halved the duty on foreign-made molases, it placed duties on certain imports that had not been taxed before, and it provided that colonists accused of violating the act would be tried in a vice-admiralty court rather than a colonial court. -
Sons of liberty is formed
Colonists united to defy the laws of british parliment -
stamp act
This act imposed a tax on all documents and printed items -
Townshend acts
Townshend acts put a tax on goods imported to the colonies from Britain. -
Boston Massacre
British soldiers fired on a mob of colonists and mortally wounded or killed five people -
Tea act
The British imposed a tax on tea. -
Boston tea party
A group of Boston rebels dumbed 18,000 lbs. of tea into the Boston harbor -
Intolerable acts
A series of laws past by British parliment. One shut down the Boston harbor. Another, allowed British troops to house in colonist buildings and homes, and several other laws. -
First Continental Congress meets
56 delagates met in Philidelphia to draw up a declaration of colonial rights -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The first battles of the Revolutionary war between minute men and "Red coats". -
Second continental congress
Colonial leaders called the second continental congress to debate their next move in the Revolutionary war. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The deadliest battle of the war with 450 colonial casualties and 1,000 British casualties -
Olive Brach Petition
The second Continental congress sends a petition to King George III urging him for peace. -
Publication of common sense
A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that attacks King George and the monarchy -
Declaration of Independence
The Continental Congress prepares a form Declaration of Independece to present to Britain. Final draft was written by Thomas Jefferson -
Early British victories
The British take the American capital at Philidelphia in 1777. In 1778 the British defeated The Americans at Valley Frorge. -
Early Continental Army Victories
The continental army defeated General John Burgoyne and his troops at Saratoga and forced him to surrender -
Saratoga
This was victory for the Continental army and in turn caused France to Form and alliance with the Americans. -
Friedrich von Steuben and Marquis de Lafayette
Friedrich von Steuben was a Prussian captain who trained the Coninental army and improved their skills. Marquis de Lafayette Brought plenty of French Reinforcments to aid the Americans. -
Valley Forge
Washington and his troops struggled to survive the winter in Valley forge and ended up losing 2,000 troops, yet the survivors did not desert -
British Victories in the South
The British easily capture Savannah,Georgia in 1778. British General Cornwallis captured Charlestown, South Carolina, in May 1780 -
British Surrender at Yorktown
A French naval force defeated a british fleet and then blocked of the entrance to the Chesapeake bay, and obstructing the rest of Britain's ships. Shortly after, Washington and his troops surrounded the British in the Yorktown peninsula forcing a surrender. -
Treaty of Paris
The American negotiating team which included John Adams, John Jay of New York, and Benjamin Franklin, Signed the treaty which confirmed U.S. independence and set new boundaries for the country
