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French and Indian War
This was a war between France and Britain over the Ohio River valley -
Writ of Assistance
A search warrant that allowed British customs officials to search colonial ships or buildings believed to hold smuggled goods -
Treaty of Paris 1763
Ended the French and Indian War -
Proclamation of 1763
Prohibited colonists from settling west of the Appalachians -
Sugar Act & Colonists' Response
Placed taxes on some imports that were never taxed before -
Stamp Act & Colonists' Response
Imposed a tax on documents/printed items. Colonists boycotted all British goods. -
Declaratory Act
Stated the Parliament's right to "bind colonies in all cases whatsoever." -
Sons of Liberty is formed & Samuel Adams
Founder of the Sons of Liberty, secret resistance group -
Townsend Acts & colonists response
Taxed goods that were imported into the colonies from Britain. Boycotted British goods -
Boston Massacre
Shots were fired at five colonists -
John Locke's Social Contract
an agreement in which the people consent to choose and obey their own government as long as it protects their natural rights -
Tea Act
cut colonial merchants out of the tea trade -
Boston Tea Party
rebels dumped 18,000 pounds of tea into Boston Harbor -
Intolerable Acts
-Shut down Boston Harbor
-Quartering Act: allowed British commanders to house soldiers in private homes/buildings -
First Continental Congress Meets
56 delegates met in Philadelphia and drafted a declaration of colonial rights -
Midnight Riders: Revere, Dawes, Prescott
Rode out to spread the word that 700 British troops were heading towards Concord -
Second Continental Congress
Some delegates called for independence while others called for reconciliation -
Continental Army
Congress agreed to recognize the colonial militia and appointed George Washington as its commander -
Battle of Bunker Hill
Proved to be the deadliest battle of the war -
Olive Branch Petition
Urging return to harmony between Britain and the colonies -
Battle of Lexington
First battle of the Revolutionary War -
Battle of Concord
Colonists became enemies of Britain -
Minutemen
drew up in lines on the village green -
Publication of Common Sense
Declared that independence would allow America to trade more freely and gave American colonists a chance to create a better society -
Declaration of Independence
-Author: Thomas Jefferson
-statement: rights of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" cannot be taken away and "all men are created equal" -
Loyalists and Patriots
-loyalists: opposed independence and remain loyal to the British king
-patriots: supporters of independence -
Washington's Christmas night surprise attack
-took place: Trenton, NJ
a surprise attack contributed the success -
Redcoats push Washington's army across the Delaware River into Pennsylvania
-took place: Delaware River, Trenton, NJ
a surprise attack contributed the success of the colonists. The British captured the American capital at Philadelphia -
Saratoga
Turned out to be one of the most important events of the war -
French-American alliance
secretly aided the Patriots since early 1776. believed that the Americans could win the war so they joined them in the fight -
Valley Forge
the troops were low on food and supplies and over 2,000 soldiers died and the survivors stayed loyal -
Friedrich von Steuben and Marquis de Lafayette
-lobbied France for reinforcements
-helped train the Continental Army -
British victories in the South
The British took Savannah, GA, which was their greatest victory of the war and captured Charles Town, SC -
British surrender at Yorktown
French and American troops surrounded the British at Yorktown and bombarded them day and night until they surrendered -
Treaty of Paris 1783
confirmed U.S independence and set boundaries for the new nation
