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Proclimation Line of 1763
In the Royal Proclamation of 1763, portions of these new British territories were divided into Quebec and East and West Florida. -
Treaty of Paris
The British win the Frncha nd Indian war. France ceeds North American territory. -
Sugar Act
The supar act actually reduced taxes on molasses, but reienforced the implementation. ( stopped smuggling) of the tax which agreed colonists who were used to a system of Salutary Neglect. -
Stamp Act
A tax on all paper documents in the colonies. Papers must have official stamp to prove they have been payed the tax -
Quartering Act
under this act colonists must provide housing and supplies for british soldiers stationed in their colony -
Declarotory Act
Repeals the stamp act BUT, reaffirms English ability to make laws to regulate the colonies. -
Townsheand Act
Tax on paper, led, paint, glass and tea. These taxes are for the sole purpose of generating revenue for england -
Boston Massacre
british soldiers killed 5 civilians and injured 6 others. -
Boston Tea Party
poured tea into boston harbor -
Intolerable Acts
Series of punishments made by British becaus eof the bostone tea party. -
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1st Continental Congress
a meeting of delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies -
Lexington and Concord
The first military engagements of the American Revolution. This battle marked the outbreak of open armed conflict between BRitain and the thirteen colonies. -
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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 -
Bunker Hill
during the Siege of Boston early in the American Revolutionary War. The battle is named after the adjacent Bunker Hill, which was peripherally involved in the battle and was the original objective of both colonial and British troop -
Olive Branch Petition
The Olive Branch Petition was adopted by the Second Continental Congress in a final attempt to avoid a full-on war between the Thirteen Colonies that the Congress represented, and Great Britain. -
Common Sense
Explained the colonies need for independence -
Declaration of Independence
announced that the thirteen American colonies,[2] then at war with Great Britain -
Battle of Trenton
After a brief battle, nearly the entire Hessian force was captured, with negligible losses to the Americans. The battle significantly boosted the Continental Army's flagging morale, and inspired reenlistments. -
The Crisis
Paine's writings bolstered the morale of the American colonists, appealed to the English people's consideration of the war with America, clarified the issues at stake in the war, and denounced the advocates of a negotiated peace. -
Battle of Princeton
a battle in which General George Washington's revolutionary forces defeated British forces near Princeton, New Jersey -
battle of Saratoga
a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War. -
Battle of Camden
major victory for the British in the Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War -
Battle of Kings Mountain
a decisive victory for the Patriot militia over the Loyalist militia in the Southern campaign of the American Revolutionary War. -
Battle of Cowpens
a decisive victory by the Continental Army forces under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan in the Southern campaign of the American Revolutionary War over the British Army led by Colonel Banastre Tarleton. It was a turning point in the reconquest of South Carolina from the British. -
Battle of Yorktown
a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington and French Army troops led by the Comte de Rochambeau over a British Army commanded by British lord and Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis. The culmination of the Yorktown campaign, the siege proved to be the last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War in the North American theater, as the surrender by Cornwallis, and the capture of both him and his army, prompted the Briti -
Treaty of Paris 1783
Signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America ended the American Revolutionary War.
