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French and Indian War
The French- British conflict over the two expanding empire over North America. The British officer who was also the leader was George Washington. -
John Locke's Social Contract
People chooseto obey a government as long they guard their natural rights -
Writ of Assistance
Gave British the authority to search colonial ships of buildings that5 were thought to be hiding smuggled goods. -
Treaty of Paris
Britian claimed Canada and most of North America east of the Mississippi River, and Florida. Spain got west of the Mississippi, while France obtained small islands -
Proclamation of 1763
Line along the Appalachians in which colonsit were not allowed to cross, but still continued to stream onto Native Lands and ignore the proclamation -
Sugar Act
It halved the duty on foreign-made molasses in the hopes that colonists would pay a lower tax rather than risk arrest by smuggling, taxed items that weren't important before,
and colonists thqat didnt follow the laws would be tried in a vice-admiralty court rather than a colonial court. -
Sons Of Liberty
Sons of Livberty was a rebellious group that was against the recent taxes added. Sammuel Adams was the leader in boycotting British goods such as tea -
Declaratory Acts
To bind the colonies and people of America in all cases whatsoever. In orther words the Bristish can pass any laws they want in order to keep control -
Stamp Act
Would impose a tax on various letters or documents and to show proof that they paid a tax, they would put a stamp on the document. A protest group was created called the Sons of Liberty -
Townshed Act
Put taxes on lead, glass, paint, and paper and it was named after Charles Townshed -
Boston Massacre
Standing infront of the Bristish buildings taughting the british soldiers which erupted into a fight leading to deaths of colonist and british soldiers -
Boston Tea Party
The "Indians" dumped the bristish tea into the harbor of Boston as a statement to the bristish -
Tea Act
The act granted the company the right to sell tea to the colonies free of the taxes that colonial tea sellers had to pay. -
Intolerable Acts
One law shut down Boston harbor. Another, the
Quartering Act, authorized British commanders to house soldiers in vacant private homes and other buildings -
First Continental Congress
To discuss what messures they will take in fighting -
Battle of Lexington
First Battle of the revolutionary war which resulted in eight minutemen killed and one british soldier killed -
Midnight riders: Revere, Dawes, Prescott
Revere, Dawes, and Prescott go out to warn the colonist of the 700 British soldiers arriving soon -
Battle of Concord
British troops decide to march back but are met by many minutemen ready to fire and forced british to retreat defeated and wounded -
Second Continental Congress
Representatives met in philadelphia to dicuss their next move. Some wanted to declare independance, while others wanted to make amends with the british. -
Continental Army
The colonial army as George Washington as their leader -
Battle of Bunker Hill
Known as the deadlist battles of the war, the colonist waited until the redcoats came up the hill and shot them making the colonist loose 450 men while the british had experienced 1,000 casualties -
Olive branch Petition
The colonist sent a petition asking the king if the can end the war and have peace but the king refuesd -
Publication of Common Sense
Thomas Paine writes a manuscript criticizing the king and the monarchy -
Declaration of Independance
Author, Thomas Jefferson, wrote the document July 4th stating that amerca will be a free and equal country and that they will be freed from Britian -
Loyalist and Patriots
Loyalist: those who opposed independance
Patriots: Wanted freedom from England -
Redcoats push Washington’s army across the Delaware River into Pennsylvania
Happening in New York in the summer 1776, British pushed the colonial army into Pennyslvania since the colonist were poorly trained and unequipt -
Washington’s Christmas night surprise attack
Washington led 2,400 troops in a storm across the deleware riverand marched to New Jersey and captured the American capital of Philedelphia -
Saratoga
British officer Burgoynr, realizing that the british were only protecting Philadelphia, they surronded them at Saratoga and were defeated -
Valley Forge
Fighting to stay alive in a winter camp but fighting with endurance -
Friedrich von Steuben and Marquis de Lafayette
Foreign leaders got french supporters and reinforcments -
British victory in the South
Biggest victory in the war when they move south and captue charles town under general cornwallis -
British defeat in Yorktown
hearing of the british plans, the colonist along with their french allies surrounded the british troops and attacked until cornwallis surrendered -
Treaty of Paris
Gave america its independance and set guidlines as well
