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Benedict Arnold turns traitor
Benedict Arnold (1741-1801) was an early American hero of the Revolutionary War (1775-83) who later became one of the most infamous traitors in U.S. history after he switched sides and fought for the British. -
French and Indian war
The French and Indian War pitted the colonies of British America against those of New France. Also after this war their was a Treaty Of Paris. -
Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was ordered by king George the III. It closed down colonial expansion westward. -
sugar act
taxed sugar and sugar like products. also known as the American revenue act. -
Boston massacre
The Boston Massacre, known as the Incident on King Street by the British, was a confrontation on March 5, 1770, in which British Army soldiers shot and killed five people while under harassment by locals -
Boston tea party
The Boston Tea Party was a political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty. in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 16, 1773. -
First Continental Congress
A meeting between the 12 colonies. this took place in Pennsylvania. -
Lexington and Concord.
This kicked off the American Revolution. The Americans won this battle. -
Second Continental Congress
It was a convention of the delegate. it formed in Philadelphia -
Bunker hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill was fought on June 17, 1775, during the Siege of Boston in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War. The battle is named after Bunker Hill in Charleston, Massachusetts, which was peripherally involved in the battle. -
Declaration of independence
The United States Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 4, 1776. -
Battle of Trenton
The Battle of Trenton was a small but pivotal battle during the American Revolutionary War. Which took place on the morning of December 26, 1776, in Trenton, New Jersey. -
Common sense
Common Sense was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–76 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. Written in clear and persuasive prose. Paine marshaled moral and political arguments to encourage common people in the Colonies to fight for egalitarian government. -
valley forge
Valley Forge functioned as the third of eight military encampments for the Continental Army's main body, commanded by General George Washington. In September 1777, British forces had captured the American capital of Philadelphia. -
siege of Yorktown
On this day in 1781, General George Washington, commanding a force of 17,000 French and Continental troops, begins the siege known as the Battle of Yorktown against British General Lord -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris, signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America on September 3, 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War. -
George Washington
he was a great leader and president (later on). he also crossed the Delaware which started the battle of Trenton. -
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was an American Founding Father who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence. And later served as the third President of the United States from 1801 to 1809. -
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton was an American statesman and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was an influential interpreter and promoter of the U.S. Constitution, as well as the founder of the nation's financial system, the Federalist Party, the United States Coast Guard, and the New York Post newspaper -
tea act
Tea Act 1773 was an 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 financially struggling company survive.
