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French and Indian War
It was the North American theater of the worldwide Seven Years War. The war was fought between the colonies of British America and New France. -
Treaty of Paris
France gave up all its territories in mainland North America, effectively ending any foreign military threat to the British colonies there. It ended the French and Indian War/Seven Years’ War. -
Proclamation of 1763
It was issued by King George III. It forbade all settlement past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. -
Stamp Act
It was an act of the parliament of Great Britain that imposed a direct tax on the colonies of British America. It required that many printed materials in the colonies be on stamped paper produced in London. -
Boston Massacre
It was an incident in which British Army soldiers killed five male civilians and injured six others. The incident was heavily propagandized by leading Patriots, such as Paul Revere and Samuel Adams. -
Boston Tea Party
It was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston.They boarded the ships and threw the chests of tea into Boston Harbor, ruining the tea. -
First Continental Congress
It was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies. It was called in response to "The passage of the Coercive Acts" by the British Parliament. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The battles were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. They were fought in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord and Cambridge. -
Second Continental Congress
It was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the summer. It succeeded the First Continental Congress, also in Philadelphia. -
Declaration of Independence
Is the statement adopted by the Continental Congress meeting at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was initially published as the printed Dunlap broadside that was widely distributed and read to the public. -
Yorktown
It is the county seat of York County. The town is most famous as the site of the siege and subsequent surrender of General Cornwallis to General George Washington and the French Fleet during the American Revolutionary War. -
The Treaty of Paris
It was signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America. It ended the American Revolutionary War.
