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The French and Indian War
The Treaty of Paris ends the French and Indian War. France surrenders all of its North American possessions east of the Mississippi to Britain. This ends a source of insecurity for the British colonists along the Atlantic Coast. -
Stamp Act
It was a British tax on all published materials. The colonies were opposed to this and was eventually repealed. -
Townshend Acts
A series of taxes on imported goods. This let to colonial boycott on these goods. -
Boston Massacre
It was a riot in Boston, Massachusetts. Angry colonist attacked a lone soldier which caused more troops to arrive. This turned into violence and five colonists were killed. -
Boston Tea Party
Massachusetts colonists dressed up as Indians and threw tons of tea into the harbor. They did this because they were angry at the tea monopoly created by the British government. -
Intolerabe Acts
These acts are punitive measures against the colonists. Britain was angry that the colonists did the Boston Tea Party. These acts continued to anger the colonist and led to revolution. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
This was the first armed conflict of the revolutionary war. The colonist were outnumbered and outgunned but they inflicted casualties on the British. This created support for the Revolution -
Battle of Bunker Hill
A battle fought right after Lexington and Concord where American patriots proved that they were able to hold themselves against the British Army. -
Battle of Saratoga
This Battle was a major morale boost and convinced the French, Spanish and Dutch to join Americas cause against a mutual rival. This became a major turning point in the Revolution. -
Valley Forge
A six- month encampment of General George Washington’s continental army during the winters of 1777-1778 -
Battle of Yorktown
A joint Franco- American sea and land campaign that trapped a major British army on a peninsula at Yorktown, Virginia. Forcing its surrender and it essentially ended military operations in the American Revolution. -
Treaty of Paris
FIghting continued at sea between the British and America’s European allies. By the terms of the Treaty of Paris Britain recognized the independence of the United States.