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Treaty of Paris
The seven years war ended with a contract signed by King George the III of Great Britain and representatives of the 13 colonies. on September 3, 1783, this treaty ended the French and Indian war. In the contract, France had to give up their territory in North America. -
the proclamation of 1763
This proclamation intended in which King George III was to conciliate the Indians by checking the encroachment of settlers Native American law in Canada in the future.[click here for proclamation video] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjmAtqnEwCY -
The Sugar Act
The Sugar Act also known as the American Revenue Act. This act was a revenue-razing act by taxing sugar that was passed by British Parliament of great Britain.[clichttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcI16BnXIl0k here for video] -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act required all colonists to pay tax on all papers and documents. -
Townsend act
The Townsend Act was a law for a little less than a month that was passed by Parliament in the middle of June. This mostly required all colonists to pay tax on tea. -
The Boston Massacre
A squad of British soldiers,come to support a sentry who was being pressed by a heckling, snowballing British troops, let loose a volley of shots. Thomas Preston was arrested for manslaughter, along with eight of his men that all were all acquitted. -
Committees of Correspondence
In March 1772, the Virginia house of Burgess proposed that each colonial legislature appoint a standing committee for intercontinental correspondence. The Committees of Correspondence was formed to manage the "tea crisis." -
Tea Act
The Tea Act passed by parliament on May 10, 1773, this act would launch the final spark to the revolutionary movement in Boston. The act was not intended to raise revenue in the American colonies ,and in fact imposed no new taxes. British Parliament granted the British East India Company Tea a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies. -
Boston Tea Party
On the night of December 16, 1773, Samuel Adams and the sons of liberty boarded three British ships loaded with tea, in the Boston harbor and threw 342 chests of tea overboard. -
The Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts was the term used by American Patriots for a series of punitive laws passed by the British parliament in which British soldiers would punish those involved in the Boston Tea Party. -
Quartering Act
This act made a lot of colonists furious because the Quartering Act required English colonists to house British soldiers for barracks provided by the colonies. -
1st Continental Congress
The first major American opposition to British policy came in 1765 after Parliament passed the stamp act, a taxation measure designed to raise revenues for a standing British army in America. On September 5, 1774, delegates from all thirteen colonies (Accept for Georgia) came together in Philadelphia, to lead a protest on Parliaments Coercive Acts. -
"The shot heard round the world"
"The shot heard round the world" took place on April 19, 1775 after the British troops searching for ammunition stockpiles in Concord encountered the local minutemen -
2nd Continental Congress
The 2nd Continental Congress came together once again, to finally try to declare independence on Great Britain just after the American Revolutionary War started. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
On June 17, 1775, early in the Revolutionary War the British defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill in Massachusetts -
Thomas Pains Common Sense
Thomas Pains publishes his pamphlet "Common Sense" setting his arguments in favor of American independence. -
Declaration of Independence
In mid June 1776, five men including, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Benjamin Franklin was tasked with drafting a formal statement of the colonies intentions called the Declaration of Independence. This declaration was formed to grant Great Britain independence for the 13 colonies. -
Washington crossing the Delaware
During the american revolution, George Washington crosses the Delaware river with 5,400 troops. He was hoping to surprise a hessian force attacking at that time. -
Battle of Saratoga
British general John Burgoyne achieved a small but costly victory over Americans forces led by Horatio gates and Benedict Arnold. He then suffered ten days later and the American victory convinced the French government to formally recognize the colonists. -
Battle of Yorktown
General George Washington, commanding a force of 17,000 french and continental troops, began the siege known as the Battle of Yorktown against the British General Lord Charles Cornwallis attacking with 9,000. It was one of the most important battles of the American Revolutionary War. -
Treaty of Paris (American Revolution)
The Treaty of Paris that ended the American Revolutionary was signed by British King George III. This concluded all war between both countries and bring independence.
