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French and Indian War
fought between britain and france for control over lands in N.A. War ended salutary neglect. Britain won, but was now in debt. Britain began to treat colonies with more strict rules. -
Proclamation of 1763
Result of the french and indian war, stated colonist could not settle past the appalachian mountains. Colonist settled there had to move back east of the mountains. -
treaty of 1763
Ended the French and Indian War between Great Britain and France, as well as their allies. France gave up all its territories in mainland North America, ending any military threat to the British colonies there. -
Stamp Act
Britain placed taxes on all paper goods to fix depts. This made colonist very mad. -
Boston Massacre
Deadly riot that killed 5 colonist by british soldiers. Riled up hatred in the colonies towards the british. -
Committees of Correspondence
American colonies first institution for maintaining communication with each other. They were organized before the Revolution, when the relationship with Great Britain made it increasingly important for the colonies to share ideas and information. -
Boston Tea Party
American colonist furious with britain and taxation without representation so the sons of liberty dumped the tea into the boston harbor. -
Intolerable act
Laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. I was meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest in reaction to changes in taxation by the British Government. -
Lexington and Concord
First battle of the revolutionary war. War between the colonist and britain. "Shot heard round the world." -
Bunker Hill
During the Siege of Boston in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War. The battle is named after Bunker Hill in Charlestown, Massachusetts, which was peripherally involved in the battle. -
Publication of Common Sense
Common Sense is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–1776 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. Writing in clear and persuasive prose, Paine marshaled moral and political arguments to encourage common people in the Colonies to fight for egalitarian government. -
Declaration of Independence
the declaration of independence declared that the colonies independent from britain's rule. -
Saratoga
The Battles of Saratoga marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign, giving a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War. -
Valley Forge
The six-month encampment of General George Washington's Continental Army at Valley Forge in the winter of 1777-1778 was a major turning point in the American Revolutionary War. The defeats had led some members of the Continental Congress to want to replace Washington, believing he was incompetent. -
Cowpens
The Battle of Cowpens was an engagement during the American Revolutionary War fought on January 17, 1781 near the town of Cowpens, South Carolina, between U.S. forces. -
Yorktown
Battle of Yorktown, the surrender at Yorktown, or the German Battle, ending on October 19, 1781. -
Treaty of Paris 1783
The Treaty of Paris was signed by U.S. and British Representatives on September 3, 1783, ending the War of the American Revolution.
