EDSC 442

By Jacobalt
  • End of the Seven Years War

    End of the Seven Years War

    France surrenders all its North American possessions east of the Mississippi to Britian
  • The Stamp Act

    The Stamp Act

    The first English tax on American colonists, met with resistance.
  • The Boston Massacre

    The Boston Massacre

    Clash between English soldiers and colonial Americans that led to 5 people getting shot and increasing tension between the two parties
  • The Boston Tea Party

    The Boston Tea Party

    American protest over the English taxation imposed in the Townshend Acts
  • The Battle of Bunker Hill

    The Battle of Bunker Hill

    Marks the first stage of the Revolutionary War, known as the Boston Campaign
  • Thomas Paine Writes "Common Sense"

    Thomas Paine Writes "Common Sense"

    Thomas Paine writes a pamphlet advocating independence from Great Britian, adding fuel to growing fire that would eventually lead to the Revolutionary War
  • America Declares its Independence

    America Declares its Independence

    Adopted by the Second Continental Congress, Broke Ties with England
  • George Washington Crosses the Delaware

    George Washington Crosses the Delaware

    Suprise attack by General George Washington against the Hessian forces, led to the Battle of Trenton
  • The Treaty of Paris

    The Treaty of Paris

    Establishes Independence of the 13 North American States
  • The Second Great Awakening

    The Second Great Awakening

    Protestant religious rival in the United States which sparked a number of reform movements