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French and Indaian War 1754-1763
Britian needed money to finance war with France.
Britian imposed taxes on the coloniest to pay for the war. -
treaty of paris
this treaty declared the end of the freanch and indian war . but the British won the war. -
Proclamation of 1763
Britain wanted to avoid conflict with Native Americans and told colonists they couldn’t be protected, so Colonists were forbidden to cross Appalachian Mountains.
British Army stationed in the colonies -
Sugar Act
Tax on sugar and molasses
and any thing wiht sugar or molassese in the product. -
stamp act
taxed on every peice of papper to show that you paid your taxes. -
writs of assistance
was abel to searh ships -
townshend acts
townshed acts was they taxed on house hold stuff. -
quarting acts
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boaton massacre
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tea act
British soilders dressed up as indians and went to the boston harbor and dumpted all the tea into the water. there was 9,000 pounds dumpted. -
1st continental congress
the frist continental congress met to discuse if thay could have peace with Britin but they refused. -
intoreravle act
the king made a rule that the 13 colonies could not hold town meeting , citizins were not happy. -
battle of trenton
washington lounched attack and captured over 800 hessian prisoners and on jan 2 1775 wahsington captuered 300 prisoners. -
2nd continental congress
met in philadelphia and the olive branch petion declared their royalty but asked for rebel of the intolerable act. then established the continental army with gorge washington as the commander -
battle of lexington and concored
this was the place where the frist shto headr around the world wich was the frist shot of the revolutionary war . there were two sides the partrios wich were the colonist fiand the fghting for freedom and loyest fighting for the king -
give me liberty speech
patrick henery gave his famous give me liberty speech in the house of burgesses in virginia and gave his famous quote "give me liberty or give me death." -
ft. ticonderoga 1775
when a small force of green mount. boys led by ethan allen and colonel bendict arnolad over came a small british garrison at fout and looted the personal belongings of garrison . -
comon since
is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine. It was first published anonymously on January 10, 1776, at the beginning of the American Revolution. -
declaraton of independence
he Declaration of Independence was a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies, then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. -
• Battle of New York 1776
Britain maintained control of New York City and some of the surrounding territory until the war ended in 1783, using it as a base for operations elsewhere in North America. -
• Battle of Trenton 1776
The Battle of Trenton took place on December 26, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War, after General George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River north of Trenton, New Jersey. The hazardous crossing in adverse weather made it possible for Washington to lead the main body of the Continental Army against Hessian soldiers garrisoned at Trenton -
• Battle of Princeton 1777
The Battle of Princeton (January 3, 1777) was a battle in which General George Washington's revolutionary forces defeated British forces near Princeton, New Jersey. -
• Battle of Saratoga 1777
The Battles of Saratoga (September 19 and October 7, 1777) conclusively decided the fate of British General John Burgoyne's army in the American War of Independence and are generally regarded as a turning point in the war. The battles were fought eighteen days apart on the same ground, 9 miles (14 km) south of Saratoga, New York. -
• Winter at Valley Forge 1777-1778
Valley Forge in Pennsylvania was the site of the military camp of the American Continental Army over the winter of 1777–1778 during the American Revolutionary War. -
• Battle of Yorktown 1781
in the Battle of Yorktown, the American and French troops bombarded Yorktown with cannon fire, turning it buildings to rubble Cornwallis had no way out -
• Treaty of Paris 1783
The Treaty of Paris, signed on September 3, 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain on one side and the United States of America and its allies on the other.
