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French and Indian War
Comprised the North American theater of the worldwide Seven Years' War of 1756-1763 -
Treaty of Paris 1763
signed by the kingdoms of Great Britain, France and Spain, with Portugal in agreement, after Great Britain's victory over France and Spain during the Seven Years' War. -
Proclamation of 1763
was issued October 7, 1763, 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, -
Sugar Acts
Tax rates on imports of sugar, molasses, silk, wine, coffee, indigo. -
Stamp Act
The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. -
Quartering Act
A name given to a minimum of two Acts of British Parliament in the local governments of the American colonies to provide the British soldiers with any needed accommodations or housing. -
Declaratory Act
declaration by the British Parliament that accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act. It stated that the British Parliament's taxing authority was the same in America as in Great Britain. -
Townshend Acts
Was a series of acts passed – beginning in 1767 – by the Parliament of Great Britain relating to the British colonies in North America. -
Boston Massacre
The Incident on King Street by the British, was an incident on March 5, 1770, in which British Army soldiers killed five male civilians and injured six others. -
Tea Act
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 struggling company survive. -
Boston Tea Party
Was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, on December 16, 1773. -
Intolerable Acts
Was the American Patriots' term for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea party. -
1st Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies that met on September 5 to October 26, 1774 at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution. -
2nd Continental Congress
The second Congress managed the colonial war effort, and moved incrementally towards independence, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
First clash of British and Patriot Forces -
Battle of Bunker Hill
Patriots surrender Breed's Hill in Boston after hard fought battle. -
Olive Branch Petition
which was adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 5 and submitted to King George on July 8, 1775. It was an attempt to assert the rights of the colonists while maintaining their loyalty to the British crown. -
Declaration of Independence
The statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776 -
Common Sense
challenged the authority of the British government and the royal monarchy. -
Battle of Saratoga
Burgoyne surrenders @ Saratoga; Decesive Patriot Victory secures French Aid -
Battle of Yorktown
French and American forces trap the British at Yorktown, Virginia -
Treaty of Paris 1783
Brought the Revolutionary war to its conclusion.
