-
French And Indian War
The war was fought between the colonies of British America and New France.The French and British were involved in a dispute over the Ohio River territory and the allegiance of the Native American nations found there. -
Proclamation of 1763
Issued by King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War, which forbade all settlement past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. -
Sugar Act
revenue-raising act passed by the British Parliament.The Act set a tax on sugar and molasses imported into the colonies which impacted the manufacture of rum in New England. -
Quartering Act
Giving resources british troops for exchange of protection. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre basically started over a street fight of a patriot and colonists, the colonists were throwing snowballs -
Tea Act
A larger tax on tea -
The Boston Tea Party
was a political protest, led to throwing tea overboard and destroyed the ship. -
Intolerable Acts
punishment of the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in throwing a large tea shipment into Boston harbor. -
Battle Of Lexington and Concord
The first shots starting the revolution were fired at Lexington.British General Thomas Gage sent 700 soldiers to destroy guns and ammunition the colonists had stored in the town of Concord -
Stamp Act
The colonists pay more tax then they have to -
Declaration Of Independence
Regarded themselves of being the new America. No longer part of the British Empire -
Period: to
Battle of Yorktown
General George Washington, commanding a force of 17,000 French and Continental troops, begins the siege known as the Battle of Yorktown .the Treaty of Paris was signed, formally recognizing the United States as a free and independent nation after eight years of war. -
Period: to
Articles of Confederation: First Constitution
served as the written document that established the functions of the national government of the United States after it declared independence from Great Britain. -
Treaty of Paris: Official ended the Am. Rev.
Signed in paris by the King George 3rd, that ended the American Revolutionary War. -
New Constitution
newly set rules from the old congress, followed in terms of writing and ratifying the new constitution -
Bill of Rights
the first ten amendments to the US Constitution,guaranteeing such rights as the freedoms of speech, assembly, and worship when born.
