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French and Indian War 1754-1763
World wide war between Great-Britian and France, The British eneded up winning this war. The colonist were angered becuase they didnt want to pay for protection. -
Treaty of Paris 1763
British claimed all land east of the mississippi river. Colonist began to settle in the ohio river valley, The nataive americans reponeded to that by attacking colonist and destroying forts. -
Proclamation of 1763
Britian wanted to avoid conflict with Nataive americans and told colonist they couldnt be protected, British army stationed in the colonies. Colonist were angred becuase of british presence and being told what to do. -
Sugar Act 1764
Tax on sugar molasses, didnt affect many, but the idea of taxes was a growing issue -
stamp act 1765
tax on legal documents, newspapers, wills, and basically every peice of paper used, Stamp act congress formed to organize boycott, it eventually repealled. -
wrists of assistance 1767
customs officers could search ships at will, few colonists affected, but mer chants felt this was an invasion of privacy -
townshed acts
tax on various household items such as paper, glass, lead, silk and tea. Colonist boycotted througout thr non- important agreement. -
Quatering Act
colonist had to provide food, housing, blankets, candles, etc.. for britsh soliders. This was hated but little could be done -
boston massacare
rioting mob confronted british soliders at the boston coustoms house, tensions rose and shots were fired into the croweded, killing five colonist. Two soliders were found guilty of manslaughter, six were found not guilty. -
Tea act/ Boston tea party
Tea merchants in the colonies were cut out of the tea trade becuase, the british east company lowered their prices, in result, The boston tea party began. On december 16, 1773, The sons of liberty dumped 90,000 pounds of tea into boston harbor, the reaction was the intolerable acts began. -
1st Continental Congress 1774
The First Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from twelve British North American colonies that met on September 5, 1774, at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution. It was called in response to the passage of the Coercive Acts (also known as Intolerable Acts by the Colonial Americans) by the British Parliament. The Intolerable Acts had punished Boston for the Boston Tea Party. -
2nd Continental Congress 1775
The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting on May 10, 1775, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, soon after warfare in the American Revolutionary War had begun. It succeeded the First Continental Congress, which met between September 5, 1774 and October 26, 1774, also in Philadelphia. The second Congress managed the colonial war effort, and moved incrementally towards independence, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence -
Ft. Ticonderoga 1775
The Capture of Fort Ticonderoga occurred during the American Revolutionary War on May 10, 1775, when a small force of Green Mountain Boys led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold overcame a small British garrison at the fort and looted the personal belongings of the garrison. Cannons and other armaments from the fort were transported to Boston and used to fortify Dorchester Heights and break the standoff at the Siege of Boston. -
Lexington and concord
The first military engagements of the american revolutionary war. They were fought on April, 19th, 1775. The first shots were fired just as the sun was rising at Lexington. These shots are known as "shots heard around the world. -
Bunker Hill 1775
The Battle of Bunker Hill took place on June 17, 1775, mostly on and around Breed's Hill, during the Siege of Boston early in the American Revolutionary War. -
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. -
Common Sense 1776
Thomas Paine has a claim to the title The Father of the American Revolution because of Common Sense, the pro-independence monograph pamphlet he anonymously published on January 10, 1776; signed "Written by an Englishman", the pamphlet became an immediate success.[ -
Declaration of Independence 1776
The 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
The New York and New Jersey campaign was a series of battles for control of New York City and the state of New Jersey in the American Revolutionary War between British forces under General Sir William Howe and the Continental Army under General George Washington in 1776 and the winter months of 1777. -
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. -
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. Conditions were rough, many died of frost bite and froze to death. -
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 yorktown, 1781
The culmination of the Yorktown campaign, it proved to be the last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War in North America, as the surrender by Cornwallis of his army prompted the British government to negotiate an end to the conflict. -
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.
