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French Indian War
The French and the British were fighting over control of the Ohio river valley in North America. The British won but they went into debt. Because of this, they started taxing the colonists heavily which led to tensions that would escalate into the war. -
Stamp act
The Stamp Act was a rule made by the British law that taxed printed papers in the American colonies like newspapers and legal documents, which angered the colonists and sparked the beginning of the American Revolution. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was one of the events that led to the American Revolution. The Boston Massacre was a fight between American colonists and British soldiers, five colonists were killed and several were wounded by the British soldiers firing into a crowd which caused tension between the two colonies. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
The Battle of Lexington and Concord was the first battle of the American Revolutionary War fought in Massachusetts. The Americans beat the British by outnumbering them at Concord and wounding many of them, soon after the British reached the town of Lexington, where 70 American military men were waiting behind bushes ready to shoot at them. -
Battle of bunker hill
The Battle of Bunker Hills was an early battle in the American Revolutionary War, even though the British technically won the battle they suffered a lot of injured people which elevated the confidence of the American colonists and gave them a clearer idea of how to stand up in front of the British army. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was a document that was approved by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, and it announced the separation of the 13 North American British colonies from Great Britain. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris was an agreement signed that officially ended the American Revolutionary War. it recognized the United States as its own independent country and set the new borders for the nation.