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french and Indian war
war fought from 1754 to 1763 in which Britain and its colonies defeated France and its Indian allies, gaining control of eastern North Carolina. -
proclamation of 1763
declaration by the British king ordering all colonists to remain east of the Appalachian mountains. -
Boston Massacre
Incident on March 5th, 1770 in which British soldiers killed five colonists in Boston. -
Boston tea party
December 16, 1773 protest against British taxes in which Bostonian's disguised as native Americans and dumped tea into the harbor. -
intolerable acts
american name for the coercive acts, which parliament passed in 1774 to control the colonies. -
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1st continental congress
meeting of delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies that met in September 5th to October 26, 1774 at carpenters hall in Philly. -
Lexington and concord
battles of Lexington and concord were the 1st military engagement of the american revolutionary war. -
Fort Ticonderoga
Fort Ticonderoga served as a key point of access to both Canada and the Hudson River Valley during the French and Indian War. On May 10, 1775, Benedict Arnold of Massachusetts joined Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys of Vermont in a dawn attack on the fort, surprising and capturing the sleeping British garrison. Although it was a small-scale conflict, the Battle of Fort Ticonderoga was the first American victory of the Revolutionary War. -
battle of bunker hill
On June 17, 1775, early in the Revolutionary War (1775-83), the British defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill in Massachusetts. Despite their loss, the inexperienced colonial forces inflicted significant casualties against the enemy, and the battle provided them with an important confidence boost. -
common sense published
in 1776, after the battles of Lexington and concord, Thomas Paine published a fifty page pamphlet that challenged the British government and royal monarchy. -
declaration of independence
document drawn up by the second continental congress that announced american independence and the reasons for it. -
2nd continental congress
contention delegates from the 13 colonies that started meeting in summer of 1775 in Philly, soon after warfare, declared the american revolution had begun. -
Battle of Trenton
The Battle of Trenton was a small but pivotal battle during the American Revolutionary War which took place on the morning of December 26, 1776, in Trenton, New Jersey. -
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Battle of Saratoga
Fought eighteen days apart in the fall of 1777, 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 and forced to retreat. -
kings mountain
a 1780 revolutionary war battle in north Carolina in which patriots defeated a loyalist militia. -
Battle of Guildford Courthouse
The Battle of Guildford Courthouse in North Carolina, on March 15, 1781, proved pivotal to the American victory in the American Revolutionary War. Although British troops under Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis scored a tactical victory at Guilford Courthouse over American forces under Major General Nathanael Greene,the British suffered significant troop losses during the battle. Afterward, Cornwallis abandoned his campaign for the Carolina's and instead took his army into Virginia. -
British surrender at yorktown
general Charles Cornwallis surrendered his troops in Yorktown, Virginia. General Cornwallis Brought 8,000 British troops to Yorktown. -
Treaty of Paris signed
The Treaty of Paris of 1783, negotiated between the United States and Great Britain, ended the revolutionary war and recognized American independence. The Continental Congress named a five-member commission to negotiate a treaty–John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, and Henry Laurens.
