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French and Indian War
The French and British fought over the land near the Ohio River Valley. The British made a seceret deal with the Indains that if they won they would get all the land west of the Appalachain Mountains. The Indains to stop helping the French. The British declared victory. -
Proclamation of 1763
King George the 3 made a procamation fordiding the colonist fromm moving west of the Appalachain mounatains. That side belong to the Indains -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was a tax on all printed paper such as newspapers to pay for the damage during French and Indain war. -
Boston Massacre
Boston colonist started to throw snowballs the to British soilders because they didnt like them. The first shot was an accident and started a large fight. Five colonist diead. -
Boston Tea Party
A group of people called the Sons of Liberty lead by Samuel Adams and Paul Rever got mad about the Tea Act and threw large creats of tea into the Boston Harbor. -
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1 Continntal Congress
Due to the Boston Tea Party the colonies except Georgia had to meet at Philadelphia to discuss problems with Great Britain -
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1 Continental Congress
Due to the Boston Tea Party the colonies had to meet in Philadelphia to discuss problems with Great Britain. -
Battles of Lexigton and Concord
The Bristish soilders wanted to find weapons in Concord but they failed. They started to march to Lexington. There tehy meet the minutemen the Bristish won that battle. When they marched back to Concord the minutenmen shot them from hiding places this event was called "The Shot Around the World". -
Declarition of Independence
The Declarition of Independence written by Thomas Jefferson also got help from Benjamin Fraklin andJhon Adams was declarition the King George the 3 to break away from Great Britain -
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Battle of Saratoga
The three British genrals Burgonve, St.Legers and Howe had a plan to make a three way attack but they failed. -
Surrender of Yorktown
The Continental Army and the French Army teamed up to fight against Britain. Britain ran out of supplies and forced to surender. -
Treaty of Paris
Great Britain recognized United States as its own country and gave the the aTreaty of Paris which set Amercain borders.
