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Treaty of Paris
The British win the French and Indian War. France claims North American territory to the British. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act actually reduced the tax on molasas, but it reinforced the implemation (Stop smuggling) of the tax which angered colonists who were used to a system of Salutary Neglect. -
Stamp Act
A tex on all paper documents in the coloines. Papers must have offical stamps to prve they have paid the tax. -
Quartering Act
Under thus act colonists must provide housing and supplies for British soldiers stationed in their colony. -
Declaratory Act
Repeals the Stamp Act, but reaffirms Englands ability to make laws to regulate the colonies -
Townshend Acts
Tax on paper, led, paint, glass and tea. These taxes are for the sole purpose of generating revenue for England. -
Boston Massacre
Colonists in boston harass British soldiers, riots form and under confusion, British soldiers fire and kill a few Bostonians. -
Tea Act
Britain raises taxes on tea imports in order to unload massive tea surplus from East India Company while still gaining oney for it. -
Boston Tea Party
A protest staged by the Sons of Liberty rebellion group which involved throwing the equivalent of millions of dollars of tea into the Boston Harbor. -
Intolerable Act
A series of laws created by Britain in relaliation to the Boston Tea Party, including closing the Boston Harbor, and not allowing the colonists to self-govern. -
First Congress
First Continental Congresss is held to discuss England. -
Lexington and Concord
British troops were sent to confiscate colonial weapons, they ran into an untrained and angry militia. This ragtag army defeats 700 British soldiers and the surprise victory bolsters their confidence for the war ahead. -
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Second Continental Congress
Delagates from the all of the Thirteen colonies met in Philidelphia to discuss the matter of America during the American Revolution War. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
British defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill in Massachusetts. Despite their loss, the inexperienced colonial forces inflicted significant casualties against the enemy, and the battle provided them with an important confidence boost. Although commonly referred to as the Battle of Bunker Hill, most of the fighting occurred on nearby Breed’s Hill. -
Olive Branch Petition
Olive Branch Petition, written by John Dickinson, which appeals directly to King George III and expresses hope for reconciliation between the colonies and Great Britain. Congress attempted to notify the king that American colonists were unhappy with King's Policy. -
Common Sense/Crisis
Two works by Thomas Paine that sparked revolution in the colonies. The Crisis is read to Washington's troops and that sparks revolution in them to continue fighting the war. -
Declaration of Independence
On July 4, 1776, the 13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain. The Declaration summarized the colonists’ motivations for seeking their independence. By declaring themselves an independent nation, the American colonists were able to conclude an official alliance with the government of France and obtain French assistance in the war against Great Britain. -
Battle of Princeton/Trenton
General George Washington’s army crossed the icy Delaware on Christmas Day 1776 and, over the course of the next 10 days, won two crucial battles of the American Revolution. In the Battle of Trenton (December 26), Washington defeated a formidable garrison of Hessian mercenaries before withdrawing. A week later he returned to Trenton to lure British forces south, then executed a daring night march to capture Princeton on January 3. The victories reasserted American control of much of New Jersey a -
Battle of Saratoga
On September 19th, British General John Burgoyne achieved a small, but costly victory over American forces led by Horatio Gates and Benedict Arnold. Though his troop strength had been weakened, Burgoyne again attacked the Americans at Bemis Heights on October 7th, but this time was defeated and forced to retreat. He surrendered ten days later, and the American victory convinced the French government to formally recognize the colonist’s cause and enter the war as their ally. -
Battles of Camden
Continental General Horatio Gates chose to engage British General Charles Cornwallis’s force on the morning of August 16, 1780. The illness depleted the Patriot advantage in troop numbers, and the British pressed forward aggressively as the sole side in possession of bayonets. With the encounter resulting in nearly 2,000 Patriots killed or taken prisoner and heavy losses of artillery, Gates was removed from command. -
Battle of Kings Mountains
Was a victory for the Patriots in the American Revolution in Kigs Mounatin, North Carolina. -
Battles of Cowpens
At the Battle of Cowpens in South Carolina on January 17, 1781, during the Revolutionary War (1775-83), American troops under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan (1736-1802) routed British forces under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton (1754-1833). The Americans inflicted heavy casualties on the British, and the battle was a turning point in the war’s Southern campaign. -
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 against British General Lord Charles Cornwallis and a contingent of 9,000 British troops at Yorktown, Virginia, in the most important battle of the Revolutionary War. -
Treaty of Paris 1783
The Treaty of Paris of 1783, negotiated between the United States and Great Britain, ended the revolutionary war and recognized American independence. The Continental Congress named a five-member commission to negotiate a treaty–John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, and Henry Laurens. Laurens, however, was captured by a British warship and held in the Tower of London until the end of the war, and Jefferson did not leave the United States in time to take part in the negotiati
