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Treaty of Paris
The treaty of paris was when the French and Indian war ended. The French gave up all of their mainland north american claims and effectively ended any threat to the colonies by the french. -
Sugar Act
The American Revenue of 1764, so called Sugar Act, was a law that attempted to curb the smuggling of sugar and molasses in the colonies by reducing the previous tax rate and enforcing the collection of duties. -
Stamp act
The stamp act was when the british parliament forced colonists to buy stamps for all newspapers, commercial, and legal documents to generate a revenue -
Townshend act
was a series of laws that taxed manufactured goods like paper, paint, lead, glass, and tea gave British officials the right to search homes -
Boston Massacre
It was a street brawl with many colonists against a British soldier that escalated to a violent riot. -
Intolerable acts
were punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. The laws were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest in reaction to changes in taxation by the British to the detriment of colonial goods. -
The first continental congress
12 of the 13 colonies sent delegates to meet in philadelphia and decide to work together to make peace with the british or to separate completely from them. -
The battle of Lexington and Concord
were the first military engagements in the Revolutionary War. British soldiers marched to concord to seize the supplies and weapons that were stored there. The British and American minutemen faced off in lexington and no one knows which side fired first and started the revolutionary war. -
Declaration of Independence
Explains why the colonists broke away from Britain. Lists on the complaints about the King of England and Parliament and argues how the colonists have to be free so they can protect their rights. -
Battle of Sarotoga
The two Battles of Saratoga were a turning point in the American Revolution. 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. He surrendered ten days later, and the American victory convinced the French government to enter the war as their ally. -
Battle of Yorktown
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 peer 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 -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris, signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America on September 3, 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War.