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French And Indian War
This war between Britain and France ended with the victorious british deeply in debt and demanding more revenue from the colonies. With the defeat of the french, the colonies became less dependent on Britain for protection -
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Treaty at Paris of 1763
The end of the Seven Years War, France gave Canada to Britain and gave Spain Louisana -
Navigation Laws
All trades must be through English Ports or on English Ships -
Proclamation of 1763
The prohibited settlement beyond the Appalachian Mountains imposed by the British. Colonists took offense to this order -
Committees Of Correspondence
Organized by Samuel Adams, these helped spread propaganda and information through letters -
Sugar Act
This act raised revenue by increasing duties on sugars imported from the West Indies -
Stamp Act
The requrirement of tax stamps by British on playing cards, newspapers, marriage licenses,etc -
Quartering Act
Britain orderd that colonists were to house and feed British soldiers if necessarry -
Declaratory Act
An act for the better securing the dependency of his majesty's dominions in America upon the crown and parliament of Great Britain -
Townshend Acts
These taxes were imposed to help make the colonial officials independent of the colonists and included duties on glass, paper and tea. Smugglers increased their activity to avoid the tax leading to more troops in Boston -
Boston Massacre
These colonists and British soldiers openly clashed in Boston. This event was used as an example of British cruelty despite questions about how it actually occured -
Intolerable Acts
These were passed in response to to the Boston Tea Part and placed restrictions on colonists including outlawing town meetings and closing of Boston Harbor -
Boston Port Act
The Boston Port Act shut down Boston Harbor for purposes of trade. No ship bearing any trade or provisions meant for the colonists of Boston was allowed -
First Continental Congess
In response to the Intolerable Acts 12 colonies met in Philadelphia, one of the manin results of this was the creation of the association calling for a boycott of British goods -
Lexington and Concord
British troops ordered to seize stores of colonial gunpowder in Lexington and Concord and to capture Samuel Adams and John Hancock, British forced to retreat with loss of 70 men -
Second Continental Congress
All 13 colonies come to this meeting in May. George Washington named leader of Continental Army -
Olive Branch Petition
Last attempt by the moderate party in North America to avoid a war of independence against Britain. -
Bunker Hill
The major victory for the colonists resulted in George III prolclaiming th colonies in rebellion -
Declaration of Independence
The colonists declare themselves independent from Britain -
Battle of Lake Champlain
During the Battle of Plattsburg on Lake Champlain, a newly built U.S. fleet under Master Commandant Thomas Macdonough destroys a British squadron, forcing the British to abandon their siege of the U.S. fort at Plattsburg and retreat to Canada on foot. -
Battle of Trenton
After being driven out of New York by the British and forced to retreat to the West bank of the Delaware during the late summer of 1776, the battle was a resounding physical and moral victory for Washington and his American troops. -
Batttle Of Brandywine
The British and Hessians were left occupying the field having driven the Americans from their position on Brandywine Creek. -
Battle of Saratoga
The colonists win a major battle and the French then decide to join them to get revenge on British. -
Valley Forge
No battle was fought at Valley Forge. Yet, it was the turning point of the Revolutionary War. It was here that the Continental army was desperately against the ropes — bloody, beaten, battle-weary and ready to quit -
Battle of Kings Mountain
In October 1780, Major General Lord Cornwallis, after beating Major General Gates and the American Revolutionary army at Camden, advanced north with the intention of invading North Carolina and Virginia. -
Battle of Yorktown
General George Washington's resounding defeat of Lord Cornwallis's British army;
causing the British to surrender and effectively ending the American Revolutionary War. -
Treaty of Paris of 1783
A treaty that officially ended the American Revolutioary War -
Treaty of Fort Stanwix
In 1784, the government of the newly independent United States entered into a treaty with the Six Nations of the Iroquois