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THE Sugar act -1764
It aimed to raised the revenue from the colonies by putting tax on sugar and molasses -
QUARTERING act -1765
Laws that were set after the French and Indian war to offset the cost of maintaining a standing army in the colonies -
PONTIACS war -1763-1766
An uprising of events led by the Ottawa leader against the British in the Ohio Valley -
THE minutemen -1770s
These soldiers were trained on minutes notice to go in war around the 70s they played a key role in the early stages of the revolutionary war -
THE Boston massacre -1770
The tension between the British soldiers and the colonies grew they British were making sure items were being taxed and then war struck out -
The Tea Act -1773
It was passed to help the British East India Company causing the colonies to pay more money for goods -
VALLEY Forge Winter –1777
Washington’s army had a harsh winter at Valley Forge where many soldiers suffered but emerged stronger after training from Baron von Steuben. -
SECOND Continental Congress –1775
The Congress met in Philadelphia, where it assumed the role of the de facto government of the colonies and eventually declared independence -
BATTLE of Lexington and Concord -1775
This marks the start of the American Revolutionary war the British came to take the colonial weapons but they were instead waiting for them and then the shots started to fire -
GEORGE Washington Appointed Commander -1775
Congress appointed George Washington as the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army -
THE Battle on Bunker Hill -1775
Fought during the siege of Boston it became a morale booster for the colonies -
COMMON sense -1776
Text that Thomas Paine wrote Helped play an important role in gaining independent from Britain -
THE Declaration of Independence -1776
The date the Declaration of Independence was written -
BATTLE of Trenton -1776
Washington led a successful surprise attack on troops stationed in Trenton -
BATTLE of Princeton –1777
Another victory for Washington’s forces after Trenton, further improving American morale and weakening British control in New Jersey -
SARATOGA war -1777
the colonials won a crucial battle in Saratoga against the British -
FRENCH Alliance –1778
After Saratoga France signed the Treaty of Alliance with the United States providing military and support. -
FRENCH alliance -1778
This is when the french allied with the colonials to help aid in the war against the British they supplied food shelter guns and even troops -
YORKTOWN –1781
The final major battle of the war. American and French forces, under Washington and French General Rochambeau, trapped British troops led by General Cornwallis, forcing his surrender -
TREATY of Paris –1783
The treaty officially ended the Revolutionary War, recognizing the sovereignty of the United States and establishing its borders