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End of the French and Indian War
It was a stepping stone to the American Revolution. -
Proclamation of 1763
It was a British policy that prohibited colonial expansion west of the Appalachian mountain, partially done to pacify the Native Americans -
Stamp Act
An attempt by the British to raise money to pay off their war debt by taxing every day items, like legal documents, newspapers, advertisements, licenses, etc. This led to a series of riots. -
Quartering Act of 1765
Requires colonies to provide housing in public buildings and certain provisions for troops. -
Stamp Act Congress
The first meeting of delegates from around the colonies to address the unfair taxes from the British. They issued the Declaration of Rights and Grievances. -
Boston Massacre
An incident, where British troops killed 5 Americans, during a heated protest. This was used by the Sons of Liberty as propaganda against the British. -
Tea Act
After Townshend Duties on all items other than tea removed , British East India Company is given a monopoly on the sale of tea, enabling it to drop price-and cut out middlemen. -
Boston Tea Party
To protest Tea Act. Bostonians dump 90,000 pounds of tea into Boston Harbor. -
Coercive (Intolerable) Acts 1774
To punish Massachusetts in general and Boston in particular for the "Tea Party". -
First Continental Congress
This was a meeting of delegates from around the colonies, to respond to the Coercive Acts. Although they established a boycott of British goods and issued a Declaration of rights, they were not pursuing independence from the British. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
First battles of the American revolution. the British succeeded in overcoming resistance in the first town, but were forced to retreat when they arrived at the second. -
Second Continental Congress
It was a reconvening of the First Continental Congress to manage the affairs of the colonial armies. -
New York Campaign (Battle of Long Island)
This is the series of battles occurred in the latter part of 1776. The British recovered from their losses in Boston and defeated the Continental Army time and time again. with mass desertion, many believed that the American Revolution would soon be over. -
Battle of Princeton
A battle in which the patriots lost Forty -five Soldiers while the british lost two hundred and seventy -five -
Battle of Saratoga
This battle was considered the turning point in the war. Thanks to the American snipers, rivalry in the British High Command, and the terrain, the American's captured an entire British Army. The French intervened soon after this battle. -
Articles of Confederation
This was an agreement between the states during the American Revolution, which served as the basis for the America's government, until 1789. -
Battle of Yorktown
This was the last battle of the American Revolution.. The british were trapped on the Virginia coast by the french Navy and the Continental army attacked from land. the loss of another army led the British to sue for peace. -
Constitutional Convention
A meeting of delegates in Philadelphia in 1787, which attempted to fix the problems with the American government, which had been in place since the end of the American Revolution. They ultimately scrapped it and replaced it with a government that gave the central government more power, but still reserved power to the states. -
Ratification of the Constitution
The establishing of a government in America.
