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John Locke writes Two Treatises of Government
John Locke writes a book about many enlightenment ideas, which help with the American Revolution. Some of the ideas are natural rights, self-government, social contract, etc. -
The Coercive Acts
It was many laws passed my the British Parliament to the colonist. The laws were a punishment for Massachusetts because of the Boston Tea Party, it also serve a warning to the other colonies. Some of the acts were the Boston Port Act, the Massachusetts Government Act, the Administration of Justice Act, and the Quartering Act of 1774, and because of these act it eventually leads to the American Revolution -
French and Indian War (end date)
It was a war between France and Great Britain over land in the Americas. The was lasted 7 years and it effect many countries worldwide. Also the Great Britain won the war against France and gain more land in the Americas -
The Treaty of Paris
This Treaty marked the end of the French and Indian war. Because of this treaty many country gain land. Great Britain got all of France Canada land and land all the way to the Mississippi including Florida which was Spain territory. Finally Spain got the rest of the Louisiana territory from France. -
The Proclamation of 1763
It was when the Great Britain wrote this on the same day the Stamp Act was discontinued. It said that Great Britain still have the right to tax the colonist on anything they want and whenever they want to do it, and the colonist can't do anything about it. -
The Stamp Act
This act the British passed taxed all printed paper the colonist used like ship's paper, legal documents, licenses, newspaper, even playing cards, and others too. This made many colonist mad especially people who used a lot of printed paper like journalist, judge, merchants, etc. -
Stamp Act Congress
This congress is also known as the First Congress of the American Colonies and it was made because of the Stamp Act, which is the name. At this congress they wrote the Declaration of Rights and Grievances. -
Pontiac’s Rebellion (end date)
This rebellion happen because after the French and Indian War, the Native Americans now lived in British territory was not as great at it was with the french. Pontiac formed an agreement with almost every Indian tribe from Lake Superior to the lower Mississippi to get ride of the British from the land. The Pontiac’s plan, was that each tribe would attack each fort and then join forces to wipe out the settlements, but sadly it didn't last that long. -
The Townshend Acts
This was many acts that was passed around in the same time/year. The act put takes on glass, lead, paints, paper and tea imported into the colonies. -
The Boston Massacre
It was when the British soldiers killed 5 colonist. They killed them because the colonist was mad at them for taking their jobs at the ports so they started harassing the soldiers, they threw rocks and snowballs, and they also insulted them because of that the soldiers resorted into shooting them. -
The Boston Tea Party
It was when colonist dressed as Native Americans and they went onto the boats and drop 3 ships worth of tea into the bay/ocean. They did this because they were mad from the Tea Act/Tax. -
The First Continental Congress
It was when delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies met on September 5 to October 26, 1774 early in the American Revolution. It was formed because of the Coercive Acts by the British Parliament. -
minutemen
They were nonprofessional colonists army who was one of the first to fight during the American Revolutionary War. They help get information during the war instantly, an example of one is Paul Revere. -
Lexington and Concord
This battle was the first battle of the American Revolution War. The British had en upper hand during this battle, but the colonist was able to turn it around and the colonist won the battle. -
Second Continental Congress
This was were delegates from the Thirteen Colonies had meeting in the summer of 1775, in Pennsylvania, were later they declared the American Revolutionary War had started. They also managed the colonial war effort, and moved towards independence, forming the United States Declaration of Independence. -
Thomas Paine writes Common Sense
This book was about how it's the Great Britain king's fault for everything bad Great Britain did to the colonies. Cause of this book it shifted the anger of the colonist from the parliament to the crown/king. -
The Quartering Acts
It was two act that forced colonist to let any soldiers that showed up to their door to let them sleep and eat in the colonist house. One of them was during the French and Indian war in 1765 (it ended in 1776) and the second on was passed with many other acts, all together they were called the Intolerance Acts, in June 2 1774. (ended in 1776) -
Declaration of Independence
It was when the colonist wrote a letter declaring their independence. It also had a list of grievances (the reason why they declared independence) at the end of it. -
Battle of Saratoga (end date)
This battle was the turning point of the war against the British were it was a great victory for the colonist. After the victory Benjamin Franklin was able to have the Treaty of Alliance with France. -
Beginning of French involvement in the American Revolution (Treaty of Alliance)
The French was already secretly sending supplies for the colonist during the war, but after the Battle of Saratoga they became more involved. They signed the Treaty of Alliance were it says that France recognize America as an independent country, and they will only have peace with Great Britain if Britain end the war and recognize the colonies as an individual country. They also helped a lot during the Battle of Yorktown were the war ended. -
Battle of Yorktown (end date)
This was the last battle of the war, were the American won. The battle went were the American and the French army was able to corner the British army at the bay were the British thought they could escape through the British navy, but that's when they got there the French navy was there cutting them off so the British had to surrender ending the war. -
Benjamin Franklin and the Treaty of Paris, 1783
This treaty is when the United States were final recognized as an independent country. -
Enlightenment (end date)
This period happen in Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries were there was development of new ideas about the rights of people and their relationship to their rulers. This influence the colonist ideas about the British Government and made them think about independence, many writers helped with this like John Locke and Thomas Paine.
