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French & Indian War
The French and Indian war in 1752, the French built fort Duquesne where the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers. And joined to from the Ohio River (in today Pittsburgh), making it a strategically important stronghold that the British repeatedly attacked. -
Sons of Liberty
Sons of liberty organization formed in the American colonies in the summer of 1765 to oppose the stamp Act. The sons of liberty took their name from a speech given the British Parliament by Issacs barre (February 1764), in which referred to the colonials who had opposed unjust British measures as the "sons of liberty." -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act of 1765 was the first internal tax levied directly on American colonists by British Parliament. Parliament passed the Stamp Act on March 22, 1765 and repealed it in 1766, but issued a Declaratory Act at the same time to reaffirm its authority to pass any colonial legislation it saw fit. -
Townshend Act
The Townshend Acts were a series of measures, passed by the British Parliament in 1767, that taxed goods imported to the American colonies. But American colonists, who had no representation in Parliament, saw the Acts as an abuse of power. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a deadly riot that occurred on March 5, 1770 on King Street in Boston. It began as a street brawl between American colonists and a lone British soldier, but quickly escalated to a chaotic, bloody slaughter. -
Boston tea party
Boston Tea Party, (December 16, 1773), incident in which 342 chests of tea belonging to the British East India Company were thrown from ships into Boston Harbor by American patriots disguised as mohawk Indians. The merchants of Boston circumvented the act by continuing to receive tea smuggled in by Dutch traders. -
Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts)
In 1774, the British Parliament passed the Coercive Acts, a group of measures primarily intended to punish Boston for rebellion's against the British government--Namely, the Boston Tea Party. The four acts along with Quebec Act, became known as the Intolerable Acts among the 13 colonies. -
Battle of bunker hill
Battle of bunker hill After the engagement, the patois retreated and returned to their lines outside the perimeter of Boston. By early 1775 tensions between Britain and her colonies had escalated. Militiamen marched to defend Boston, some from as far away as Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and what is now the state of Vermont. -
Battle of Camden
The Battle of Camden in south Carolina was a lopsided victory for the British during the American Revolutionary War. Despite the proliferation of dysentery among his men, Continental General Horatio Gates chose to engage British General Charles Cornwallis's force on the morning of August 16, 1780. -
Battle Of Yorktown
The Battle of Yorktown when British General Lord Charles Cornwallis and his army surrendered to General George Washington's on October 19, 1781, it was more than just a military win. It also cemented Washington's reputation as a great leader and eventual election as first president of the United states. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris of 1783 formally ended the American revolutionary War. American statesmen Benjamin Franklin, John representative of king George III of great Britain.