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French and Indian War
The French and Indian War became a part of a international 9 years' conflict that occurred among 1754 and 1763. It became fought among France and Great Britain to decide manage of the extensive colonial territory of North America. -
Sugar Act
Sugar Act, conjointly called Plantation Act or Revenue Act, (1764), in U.S. colonial history, British legislation aimed toward ending the smuggling trade in sugar and syrup from the French and Dutch West Indies and at providing increased revenues to fund enlarged British Empire responsibilities following the French and Indian War -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act of 1765 was sanctioned by British parliament below King martyr III. It obligatory a tax on all papers and official documents within the colonies, although not in European country -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770, between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. many colonists were killed and this diode to a campaign by speech-writers to awaken the ire of the citizenry. -
Proclamation
The Proclamation Line of 1763 was a British-produced boundary marked in the Appalachian Mountains at the Eastern Continental Divide. Decreed on October 7, 1763, the Proclamation Line prohibited Anglo-American colonists from settling on lands acquired from the French following the French and Indian War. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party become a political protest that came about on December 16, 1773, at Griffin's Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts. American colonists, pissed off and irritated at Britain for imposing “taxation with out representation,” dumped 342 chests of tea(92,000pounds), imported through the British East India Company into the harbor. -
The First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress, made out of delegates from the colonies, met in 1774 in response to the Intolerable Acts, a sequence of measures imposed through the British authorities after the colonies resisted new taxes -
Lexington and Concord
British General Thomas Gage led British soldiers from Boston to Lexington. At Lexington Common, the British confronted his 77 American militia and began firing on everyone else. The bloody encounter proved to the British that the settlers were a formidable foe to be taken seriously. It was the beginning of the American Revolutionary War. -
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British attacks on coastal towns (October 1775-January 1776)
British naval bombardment and the burning of the coastal towns of Falmouth, Massachusetts and Norfolk, Virginia helped to unite the colonies. In Falmouth, where the townspeople had to pack their belongings and flee, the northerners "had to face the fear that the British would do as they please," says Randall. Falmouth says It "surpasses in barbarity and cruelty all hostilities between civilized nations. -
Paul Revere Ride of Lexington
On the night of April 18, 1775, Dr. Joseph Warren found Paul Revere and ordered him to head to Lexington, Massachusetts, where British soldiers stationed in Boston were marching toward the countryside northwest of the city. reported the news. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill took place on Saturday, June 17, 1775, during the Siege of Boston, the first phase of the American Revolutionary War. The battle is named after Bunker Hill in Charlestown, Massachusetts. -
Declaration of Independence
With the Declaration of Independence passed by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, the 13 American colonies severed political ties with Great Britain. This statement summarized the settlers' motives for independence. -
Battle of Saratoga
The Battle of Saratoga marked a turning point in the American Revolutionary War. Which led to the Treaty of Alliance America's defeat against superior British forces boosted patriot morale, fostered hopes for independence, and helped secure the foreign support needed to win the war. -
The Franco-American Alliance
The Franco-American Alliance was an alliance between the Kingdom of France and the United States in 1778 during the American Revolutionary War. It was a military pact in which France provided many supplies to the Americans, forged in the 1778 Treaty of Confederation. -
Treaty of Alliance
The American Colonies and France signed this military treaty on February 6, 1778. It formalized France's financial and military support of the revolutionary government in America. -
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Battle of Yorktown
The Siege of Yorktown, Battle of Yorktown, Surrender at Yorktown, or Battle of Germany, which began on September 28, 1781 and ended on October 19, 1781 (due to German presence in all three armies) Also known as , was a decisive victory by the combined forces of the American Continental Army led by General George Washington and Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette. -
Treaty of Peace
The treaty was signed on September 3, 1783. The peace treaty was created by John Adams And Benjamin Franklin. they agreed on these terms with king George III of great Britain. the Britain crown favored the American independence. they then voluntarily gaev up their land east Mississippi river for America. they began the pact based off bargaining goods and services
