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Revolutionary War
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Proclamation Line of 1763
Hoping to keep calm relations with the native americans, King George III issued the Proclamation line of 1763. This line prohibited colonists from settling passed the appalachian mountains. Colonists already settled there were evicted from their homes. The colonists thought this was highly unfair, and some of them ignored this rule. -
The Stamp Act
This law placed taxes on legal documents and printed items such as newspapers. This agitated the colonists very much. Most colonists didn't pay the tax. -
Boston Massacre
An angry mob of colonists started to throw rocks and snow at british troops in boston. The british troops started firing on the colonists. crispus attucks was a free african american, and he was the first one killed. Paul Revere made an engraving of his view on the massacre. He called it the Bloody Massacre. His engraving was in many posters used against the british -
Boston Tea Party
Angry with the tea act, the colonists decided to boycott british tea. One night the colonists dressed up as indians and boarded a british ship filled with tea and started destroying the boxes and throwing them overboard. -
The First Continental Congress
The first Continental Congress was a meeting of delagates from all the colonies except Georgia. They met in Carpenters' Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsilvania. The delagates disscused boycotting british trade, and petitioned King George III to get rid of the tax laws the colonists didn't like -
Battles Of Lexington and Concord
The british Had a secret plan. The plan was to go to lexington and arrest Sam Adams and John Hancock, then go to Concord and seize the colonists weapons supply. Somehow, word of the plan got out, and Paul Revere spread the word from town to town. The malitia readied. The Minute men and the Redcoats faced eachother at Lexingnton first. Nobody knows which side fired the first shot, but after that, both sides started shooting. The Redcoats kept firing until the colonists dispersed. -
Battles Of Lexington and Concord, Part II
The armies faced off again at Concord. This time the colonists were more prepared. The colonists drove the Regulars back to Lexington. These were the first battles of the war. -
Patrick Henry's Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death speech
Patrick Henry gave a speech to the Virginia Convention. The speech was to inspire the colonists to fight, and raise the malitia. the the last, and most riveting line of the speech was Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death. -
Approval of the Declaration of Independence
The members of the Continental Congress approved of and signed the Declaration of Independence, wich was written by Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, and John Adams. John Hancock was the first to sign, and dhe wrote his name big so the king could read it. Signing the document was dangerous because it was an act of treason, and if they lost the war, they would be killed. -
Battle of Saratoga
When the Continental army won the battle of saratoga in new york, the momentum of the war shifted. This victory gave the colonists a little more hope, and got the french to send supplies, guns, ships and soldiers to the colonies. -
The Surrender at Yorktown
General Lord Cornwallis set up the british headquarters at Yorktown, Virginia. It was located near the Chesapeak Bay so the british ships could easily bring supplies. The town could be surrounded easily though. The french and the Americans knew this, and devised a plan to defeat the british. French and American soldiers surrounded Yorktown and the French Navy took over the Chesapeak. 5000 extra soldiers were sent to aid Gen. Cornwallis. They did not get there in time. -
Surrender at Yorktown Part II
After being surrounded for weeks, Lord Cornwallis finally gave up. After that, more than 7000 british soldiers laid down there weapons in a grassy field and marched out between French and American soldiers. The Americans had won. -
The Treaty of Paris
The british and the Americans signed the Treaty of Paris. The treaty stated that america was now a nation, and it set borders for the new country. It reached Georgia in the south, the Mississippi river in the west, and the Great Lakes in the north -
Works Cited
Wikipedia.com
ushistory.com
history.com
colonialwilliamsburg.org
