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Proclamation of 1763
This is a border that the colonist could not cross. The border was put to keep colonists in the colonist decided to cross it, which was a big deal because it was the first law the British had made. -
The stamp act
The stamp act put colonies where they were being forced to pay the British war dept. They also soon had mad the deceleration act where Britain could impose any tax on the colonist when they wanted to to at any time. -
The Boston massacre
This is what happened when there was a crowd of people, and those people where the colonist and the British. The colonist had thought the British had said fire and the British think that one of the Britsh had yelled fire. -
The tea act
The tea act was an event in time were the colonist started to throw tea from the British into the ocean and came up with the saying called taxation without representation. Which means that they had no say in anything that was being imposed on their lives. -
The Boston tea party
The Boston Tea party is a little similar to the tea act but this is where there was a political protest to go against throwing the tea off the ship created by the sons and daughters of liberty. -
The intolerable acts
The intolerable acts were they four laws that were made for the colonist. The four laws were the Boston port bill, Massachusetts Government act, Administration of Justice act, and Quartering act. -
Lexington and concord
Lexington and concord was where the first continental congress was made as a result of the intolerable acts. -
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The green mountain boys (Ticonderoga)
The green mountain boys was a group of men that were a militia organization to defend the properties right of local residents, started by Ethan Wallen and Seth Warner. -
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Bunker (Breeds hill)
This is where the colonists had built forts. The colonist had lost this battle but only because they had ran out of ammunition leaving the British to take the win. -
Common sense
Common sense was an outlined need for the american colonist to ask Great Britain for independence and be free to do what they want. -
Declaration of Independence
The declaration of independence was a peace of paper signifying the Independence for the 13 colonies that they got back from the British -
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Battle of Trenton and Princeton
This is where George Washington used a new battle strategy used to weaken the British army mainly the ones that were not well trained. The battle strategy used was retreat, fight out, tun, sneak attack, and break rules. -
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Battle of Saratoga
The american (colonist) had defeated the British here. At this battle there was 2 battles that had happened and this was a major turning point on the american revolution. -
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Continental army wintering Valley forge
This battle had lasted 6 months long and in this time span the peace treaty of alliance was signed on February 6th 1778. -
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War in South/Charleston
This war is partly the end where they had signed a peace treaty to gain the freedom back for the colonist. In the beginning a really big change that had happen was where now people that owned land could vote, where in the beginning only the British elite and king and queen could vote male those decisions. -
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Battle Yorktown
The Battle of Yorktown was the last battle in the revolutionary war also was the start of a new nations Independence. This battle was very important to Washington because he had felt like it was an impossible victory but in the end he had won.