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French and Indian War
The French empire in the north was trying to expand when they colided with the now expanding British empire, France and Britian fought three inconclusive wars. -
Proclamation of 1763
To avoid any more costly conflicts with the Native Americans, established a proclamation line that the colonists could not cross over and was located on the Appalachians Mountians -
The Sugar Act
The Sugar act was put in place after Great Britain had borrowed so much money during the war that nearly doubled it's nations debt. They had the colonists pay a lower debt so that they would'nt have them trying to smuggle sugar in. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp act applied a tax onto anything that was to be printed, includeing, wills newspapers and payed goods. A stamp would be put on to the things that had been taxed. -
Sons Of Liberty Formed
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Townshed Acts
The townshed acts were a mass amount of acts that were passed by Great Britan on the new America -
Boston Massacre
a gathering in Boston between many workers that had been resently laid off were yelling at a bunch of English Red Coats and as the croud rose there ended up being many dead and multiple others wounded -
Tea Act
The tea Act was put in place by England to tax tea that was sent over sea's to the Americas -
Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was when multiple American's and Indians went onta a British shipping boat and they threw off what was worth 1 million dollers worth of tea at that time. -
Intollerable acts
The Intollerable acts were acts that were put in place to shut down the Boston harbor and autherised british solgers to be housed in native houses -
The First Contanental Congress Meeting
There were many representives that showed up to the meeting from the eastern part of the Untied States -
Battles Of Lexington and Concort
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. The wars were located near Boson -
Second Continental Congress meetings
The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the summer of 1775, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, soon after warfare in the American Revolutionary War had begun. -
Battle of Bunkerhill
The British defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill in Massachusetts. The battle provided the Americans with an important confidence boost. -
Olive Branch Petition
A final attempt to avoid a full-on war between the Thirteen Colonies, that the Congress represented, and Great Britain -
Publication of Common Sense
Common Sense was a 50 page publication made by Tomas Paine. This document attacked King George and the Monarcy -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration was made to complete the seperation of the Americas from the British and other over sea empires. This document was signed by all of the delegates from all the other colonies -
Early British Victories
The British Navel fleet was sent into the harbor of New York and was overtaken by over 32,000 soldiers and was the first victory for the British in this new land. -
Early Continental Army victories
The batlle of Seratoga was one of the victories for the United States and was an important win for them. -
Saratoga
The Battles of Saratoga marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign giving a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War. -
Valley Forge
More then 2,000 people died and despite the sheer amout of deaths the men of Washington's army didnt desert the efferts. -
Friedrich von Steuben and Marquis de Lafyette
The help that Friedrich von Steuben and Marquis de Lafyette had gave to the American forces were over 7,500 and all of them had to be sent over sea's from France -
British Victories in the South
The British had moved over 7,500 troops inbetween the York river and James in the city of Yorktown -
The British Surrender at Yorktown
The British troops that were stationed in Yorktown had decided that it was no longer worth it to be fighting in the war and most of the troops decided to stay in America then go back and be humuliated. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris between the United States and Great Britain, ended the revolutionary war and recognized American independence after the long time fighing for it
