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French and Indian war
From 1754-1763. The nine year war fought between France and Great Britain. France ceded all of its North American possessions east of the Mississippi River to Britain. France gave up all its territories in mainland North America, effectively ending any foreign military threat to the British colonies there. -
The proclamation of 1763
The proclamation of 1763 prohibited Anglo-American colonists from settling on lands acquired from the French following the French and Indian War. King George lll was involved. The territory was in the Appalachian Mountains at the Eastern Continental Divide. It started on October 7, 1763. -
The Sugar Act
It provided for a strongly enforced tax on sugar, molasses, and other products imported into the American colonies from non-British Caribbean sources. It started April 5, 1764 and ended September 29 1764. It ended up making the post-war economic depression worse. The Sugar Act of 1764 mainly affected business merchants and shippers. -
Townshend acts
The townshend acts is a series of acts that lasted from June 15th to July 2nd of 1767. A series of four acts, the Townshend Acts were passed by the British Parliament in an attempt to assert what it considered to be its historic right to exert authority over the colonies through suspension of a recalcitrant representative assembly and through strict provisions for the collection of revenue duties.In response, in October 1768, Parliament dispatched two regiments of the British army to Boston. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was imposed to provide increased revenues to meet the costs of defending the enlarged British Empire. It enraged colonists nullified the Stamp Act through outright refusal to use the stamps as well as by riots, stamp burning, and intimidation of colonial stamp distributors. The British parliament was involved in the Stamp Act. King George III imposed a tax on official documents in American colonies. -
The Quartering Act
The Quartering Act of 1765 directly led to increased tensions between Britain and the colonies, occasionally erupting in violence as seen in The Boston Massacre in 1770. It was parliament's attempt to answer the question of where and how British soldiers would be quartered in the American colonies. Lieutenant General Thomas Gage was involved in it. It took place from May 15 1765 until March 25 1765. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a confrontation in Boston on March 5, 1770. In Boston, a small British army detachment that was threatened by mob harassment opened fire and killed five people, an incident soon known as the Boston Massacre. The soldiers were charged with murder and were given a civilian trial, in which John Adams conducted a successful defense.(www.britannica.com) -
The Tea Act
The Tea Act was a law in 1773 giving all control of the trade and delivery of tea to the East India Tea Company. American colonists condemned the act. Again, the British Parliament passed the Tea Act in May 1773 to help the company. Also, Patriot leader Samuel Adams organized the “tea party” with about 60 members of the Sons of Liberty, his underground resistance group. -
The Boston Tea Party
To protest British Parliament's tax on tea. "No taxation without representation." The demonstrators boarded the ships and threw the chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. The British government considered the protest an act of treason and responded harshly. They dumped £10,000 worth of tea into that harbor.
The vast majority was of English descent, but men of Irish, Scottish, French, Portuguese, and African ancestry were documented to have also participated. -
The Intolerable Acts
The 5 Intolerable acts:The Intolerable Acts-Boston Port Act-Administration of Justice Act-Massachusetts-Government Act-Quartering Act-Quebec Act. The outrage they caused became the major push that led to the outbreak of the American Revolution in 1775.The British parliament were very much apart of the Intolerable Acts. Colonists responded to the Intolerable Acts with a show of unity, convening the First Continental Congress to discuss and negotiate a unified approach to the British. -
The First continental congress
Called by the Committees of Correspondence in response to the Intolerable Acts, the First Continental Congress convened in Philadelphia. Fifty-six delegates represented all the colonies except Georgia.(www.britannica.com). Its a compact among the colonies to boycott British goods beginning on December 1, 1774, unless parliament should rescind the Intolerable Acts. Samuel Adams, John Adams, John Hancock, John Jay, Alexander H were all the men involved in the first continental congress. -
The second continental congress
The Second Continental Congress met inside Independence Hall beginning in May 1775. The Congress appointed George Washington as commander of the Continental Army, and authorized the raising of the army through conscription.It was formed to answer the question; "how would the colonist meet the military threat of the British?" -
Lexington and concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord on 19 April 1775, the famous 'shot heard 'round the world', marked the start of the American War of Independence. The British marched into Lexington and Concord intending to suppress the possibility of rebellion by seizing weapons from the colonists. -
The Battle of Bunker Hill
Some 2,300 British troops eventually cleared the hill of the entrenched Americans, but at the cost of more than 40 percent of the assault force. The battle was a moral victory for the Americans.The battle is named after Bunker Hill in Charlestown, Massachusetts.Patriot gunfire had cut down some 1,000 enemy troops, with more than 200 killed and more than 800 wounded. -
Olive branch petition
The Olive Branch Petition was adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 5, 1775, and signed on July 8 in a final attempt to avoid war between Great Britain and the Thirteen Colonies in America. It went to King George lll. they sent it to him to try to stop him from declaring war. -
Common Sense
Common Sense; outlined the need for American independence. Published in 1776, Common Sense challenged the authority of the British government and the royal monarchy. They were for independence from England and and the creation of a democratic republic. The American colonies should become independent of Britain. -
Battle of new york
George Washington's efforts to fortify New York City from a British attack led to the Revolutionary War's biggest battle. The defeat for the Americans allowed Britain to hold the valuable port until the end of the war. It boosted American morale, fueling the fire for continued attempts at expansion into Canada. The main fighting started in August 1776 and continued to November 1776, -
The declaration of independence
Issuing the Declaration of Independence, adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776. The 13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain. Thomas Jefferson wrote a statement of the colonists' right to rebel against the British government and establish their own based on the premise that all men are created equal. It contains 56 signatures. -
The battle of Trenton
The battle of Trenton took place in New Jersey. It happened on Dec 26, 1776. George Washington's army defeated a garrison of Hessian mercenaries at Trenton.The victories restored American morale and renewed confidence in Washington. -
Valley forge
Valley Forge is the location of the 1777-1778 winter encampment of the Continental Army under General George Washington during the American Revolutionary War. -
The battle of saratoga
The battle of Saratoga lasted from Sep 19, 1777 to Oct 7, 1777. It took place on the fields of upstate New York, nine miles south of the town of Saratoga.It included two crucial battles, fought eighteen days apart, and was a decisive victory for the Continental Army and a crucial turning point in the Revolutionary War. It also assured criticial international recognition and aid and helped secure the independence of the United States. -
Battle of Monmouth
While the British had escaped, the Americans claimed victory in the Battle of Monmouth and Washington was lauded for his bravery.Continental Army General George Washington and British General Sir Henry Clinton.The fighting started on June 28, 1778. The fighting ended on June 28, 1778. -
The battle of Yorktown
It lasted from Sep 28, 1781 to Oct 19, 1781. British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered his army of some 8,000 men to General George Washington. It was the last battle of the American revolution. It was the start of independence. -
Treaty of Paris
The terms of the Treaty of Paris were harsh to losing France. All French territory on the mainland of North America was lost. The British received Quebec and the Ohio Valley. The port of New Orleans and the Louisiana Territory west of the Mississippi were ceded to Spain for their efforts as a British ally.