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French and Indian War
A conflict between British America and France that erupted when a dispute started for territories in the frontier. -
Proclamation of 1763
Issued by King George III prohibiting all settlements pass the Appalachian Mountains. -
Sugar Act
Requires Colonists to pay taxes for sugar. -
Stamp Act
Colonists require to pay taxes for newspaper, legal and commercial documents. -
Townshend Acts
Series of acts passed by the British parliament. -
Sons of Liberty
An organization created by colonists to protect the rights of the colonists and to fight taxation. -
Boston Massacre
Street fight between British soldiers and colonists that resulted in the murder of several colonists. -
Tea Act
Taxes are required to be paid by the Colonists. -
Boston Tea Party
The destruction of tea in Boston Harbor in protest against the Tea Act. -
Intolerace Acts
Series of laws passed by the British parliament in result of the Boston Tea Party which punishes the Colonists that are responsible for the damage. -
First Continental Congress
50 delegates from the 13 Colonies met to discuss problems. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The first military engagement of the Revolutionary War. -
Second Continental Congress
The delegates of the 13 Colonies met again soon after the start of the Revolutionary War. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
A British victory against the Continental Army that actually resulted in boosting the Colonists confidence to fight. -
Olive Branch Petition
The final attempt to avoid a full on war against the British and to affirm American loyalty to Great Britiain. -
Publication of Common Sense
Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine to inspire people to fight against the British. -
Declaration of Independence
The delegates signed a paper saying that the Colonies are to be freed from British rule and is a soverign state. -
Early British Victories
The British gained the upperhand in the beginning of the Revolutionary War with the capture of New York. -
Early Continental Army Victories
The Continental Army would soon win battles after the British got the upperhand. -
Saratoga
Marks the climax of the Revolutionary War with a British defeat and with the French signing an alliance with the Colonies. -
Valley Forge
Valley Forge was the Continental Army military camp that resulted in the deaths of nearly 2,500 American soldiers due to malnutrition, starvation and exposure to the harsh Winter. -
Friedrich Von Steuben
Friedrich Von Steuben was a Continental Army officer. He is credited to be one of the founders of the Army's skills. -
British Victories in the South
Many in the South were loyalists and helped the British army to capture key points in there. -
British surrender at Yorktown
With the help from the French, the Americans and the French surrounded British-occupied Yorktown and begin a siege that ended with the surrendering of the British Army there. -
Treaty of Paris
A treaty that ended the Revolutionary War and Britiain recognizing American independence.
