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French and Indian War
It was a war between France and Great Britain for the land east of the Mississippi River.
The British wanted it so they could have more land to colonize.
They wanted to help the British and fought alongside with them so they could have more land. -
Treaty of Paris/End of French and Indian War
The Treaty of Paris was the treaty between France and England saying that France surrendered, and that England and Spain got their North American land.
The purpose of this for the British was so they could get France’s land.
The colonists loved the treaty because it let them get more. -
Proclamation of 1763
It was a Proclamation that forbid colonists for crossing the Appalachian Mountains.
The purpose was to prevent fighting the Native Americans.
The colonists did not like the Proclamation because some had land already over there and others wanted to get land across the Appalachians. -
Sugar Act
It was a tax against sugar and molasses.
The purpose was for the British to get some money back after the war.
It did not affect many colonists, but still they did not like the idea of being taxed. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act taxed all legal documents, so basically all paper.
The purpose was to get the revenue from the colonies to pay off the war.
The colonists did not like this so they ended up boycotting it. -
Writs of Assistance
The Writs of Assistance enabled custom officers to search ships at will.
They did this to catch people smuggling goods to the colonies.
It did not affect many colonists but the ones that were thought it was an invasion of privacy. -
Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts were acts against household items, such as milk and tea.
The British did this because they needed money to pay off the war.
The colonists boycotted these acts and they were eventually repealed. -
Boston Massacre
It was a rioting mob confronted 8 British soldiers and shots were fired, 5 colonists were killed.
The British were defending themselves from the mob.
The colonists were very angry with this, Sam Adams called it a massacre. -
Quartering Acts
It was where the colonists had to provide for the soldiers.
It was so they could have the soldiers provided for without having to pay for it.
The colonists hated it but little could be done. -
Tea Act/Boston Tea Party
Where the East India Trading Company controlled the tea prices to where they cost a lot and you could only by theirs.
The British did it so they could help pay off their debts.
The colonists were so mad about this they dressed as Indians and dumped 90,000 pounds of tea into Boston Harbor. -
1st Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress met after the Intorable Acts were passed.
Delegates from all the colonies except from Georiga were there and agreed to ban trade with Britain until the Acts were repealled.
All the colonies started training troops to protect their rights. -
Intolerable Acts
Colonists could not go to town meetings, part of Boston closed.
The Acts were created to penalize the colonists of Massachusetts after the Boston Tea Party.
The colonies began to unify after this. -
"Give Me Liberty" Speech
It was a speech telling the colonisrts that a war world come.
The speech was given by Patrick Henry to the colonists.
The colonists got spurred up to fight the British. -
Battle of Lexington
The British arrived at Lexington with 700 troops with 70 Minutemen under Captain John Parker waiting for them.
This was the first battle of the Revolution, "Shot Heard Round the World".
The British easily overpowered the Minutemen, there were 8 Minutemen deaths, the British then marched to Concord. -
Battle of Concord
The remaining 700 British troops marched on to Concord and were met by hundreds of Minutemen on a bridge just outside of Concord.
The British were trying to sieze the Patriots hidden weapons.
The British were forced to retreat by the forces of the Minutemen. -
2nd Continental Congress
The 2nd Continental Congress meet May 5, 1775.
The meet to create the Olive Branch, to declare loyalty to the King if he reapelled the Intorable Acts.
At the meeting the Continental Congress created the Continental Army and made George Washington it's Commnder. -
Fort Ticonderoga
Ethan Allen, with his Green Mountain Boys, and Benedict Arnold with 400 men marched to take Fort Ticonderoga, for its supplies and weaponry, from the British.
Ethan Allen and his Green Mountian Boys lead a surprise attack and captured all 41 defenders without one shot being fired.
The Colonists gained 6 mortars, 3 howitzers,78 cannons, and supplies of cannonballs, gunpowder and flint. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The British attacked the fortifications the Colonists built.
It was a battle between the Colonist and the British.
The English won but lost 1,400 men and lost more than the Colonists. -
Commen Sense Published
It was created to spur the colonists on.
Thomas Paine wrote it for the Colonists so they would support the revolution.
It increased the support for American Independence and the Revolutionary War. -
Declaration of Independense
It was written for the colonists to officially break off from Britain.
It was written by Thomas Jeffereson for the Continintal Congress to pass to break of from Britain.
The Colonists finally becane an independant nation. -
Battle of New York
The British were trying to split the Colonies in half, so they attacked New York City, the center of the Colonies.
The British attacked Long Island and caused heavy casualties.
George Washington avoided capture and retreated to Pennsylvania. -
Battle of Trenton
George Washington launched a surprise attack on the Trinton going across the frozen Delaware River.
George Washington captured 800 Hessian troops without losing one man.
This was a big victory for the Army because they captured most of the Hession Army. -
Battle of Princeton
After the Battle of Trenton, Washington marched on to Princeton New Jersey.
He then successfully captured 300 more British troops.
This battle really gave the Continental Army an upper hand in the war. -
Battle of Saratoga
Saratoga was where the British General Burgoyne tried to cut off the New England Colonies from the rest of the Colonies.
After Daniel Morgan and the colonists weakend the British forces, General Horatio Gates surrounded the rest of the Burgoyne's forces at Saratoga.
Burgoyne was forced to surrender and the British attempt failed, also, Benjamin Franklin convinced the French to join the war after the Battle of Saratoga. -
Winter at Valley Forge
Washington and his men spent the cold winter of 1777-1778 at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.
The army was in desperate need of supplies and warm clothing.
About a fourth of Washington's army died that winter from frost bite, disease, and hunger. -
Battle of Yorktown
British General Lord Cornwallis moved his troops to Virginia to await reinforcements.
Washington's spy, James Armistead, told Washington all of Cornwallis' plans, and so Washington surrounded the encampment and waited for the French fleet to block of the Bay.
Lord Cornwallis was trapped but held against Washington's forces and the French forces for 3 weeks until he finally surrendered. The Colonies had now won their Independence. -
The Treaty of Paris
In the Treaty of Paris, the British agreed to recognize the colonies as an Independant Nation.
The colonies also gained the land East of the Mississippi River, rom Florida to Canada.
The United States agreed to return all property to the loyalists thats property had been taken from.
