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Treaty of Paris (1763)
The Treaty of Paris was sign by thekingdoms of Great Britain, France and Spain, with Portugal in agreement, after Britain's victory over France and Spain during the Seven Years' War. (wiki) -
Proclamation of 1763
The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued October 7, 1763, The purpose of the proclamation was to organize Great Britain's new North American empire and to stabilize relations with Native North Americans through regulation of trade, settlement, and land purchases on the western frontier (wiki) -
Sugar Act
the sugar act was a revenue-raising act passed by the Parliament of Great Britain on April 5, 1764. A good part of the reason was that a significant portion of the colonial economy during the Seven Years War was involved with supplying food and supplies to the British Army. Colonials, however, especially those affected directly as merchants and shippers, assumed that the highly visible new tax program was the major culprit. As protests against the Sugar Act developed, it was the economic impact -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act 1765 imposed a direct tax by the British Parliament specifically on the colonies of British America, and it required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London, carrying an embossed revenue stamp. the colonist boycott until teh stamp act be revoked -
Boston Massacre
the boston massacre happened when a britsh soldier hit somebody who was being inpolite then a crowd sorrunded. Him his comrades came to help him. They started to get stuff throwen at them at one point one of the officers was hit and his gun fell and discharged then the rest of the Britsh soliders fired -
Tea Act
Many colonists opposed the Act, not so much because it rescued the East India Company, but more because it seemed to validate the Townshend tax on tea. Merchants who had been acting as the middlemen in legally importing tea stood to lose their business, as did those whose illegal Dutch trade would be undercut by the Company's lowered prices. These interests combined forces, citing the taxes and the Company's monopoly status as reasons to oppose the Act. (Wiki) -
Boston Tea Party
when americans dressed up in indian costumes and grab a some tea creates and threw it off the boat that they had it on it all of it went into the sea the king was very mad and want the americans who did that to pay up for the tea -
Intolerable Act
Many colonists saw the Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts) as a violation of their constitutional rights, their natural rights, and their colonial charters. They therefore viewed the acts as a threat to the liberties of all of British America, not just Massachusetts.(wiki) -
Quatering Act
This act was passed and enforced, along with many others, known by the colonists as the 'Intolerable Acts'. They were a reaction to the Boston Tea Party and that were aimed at quelling the radicalism in Massachusetts;.[6] In the previous Act, the colonies had been required to provide housing for soldiers, but colonial legislatures had been uncooperative in doing so. The new Quartering Act similarly allowed a governor to house soldiers in other buildings,such as: barns, inns (wiki) -
First Continetal Congress
The First Continetal Congress was a metting of delgets from twelve colonies. they mey to talk about the Intolerable act and they met agian to talk about the tea act. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The battles of Lexington and Concord were the frist combat of the revolutionary war. about 700 british solider were given orders to go capture and destory some gun pouder and weapons. but the americans got word so they moved the stash. the britsh came and fought the americans. the milita was out number so they fell back. then more milita men came fought the britsh back also minutemen came. -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from the 13 colonies that started meeting in the summer of 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 25 1774 also in Philadelphia The second Congress managed the colonial war effort, and moved incrementally towards independence, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence (wiki) -
Battle of Bunker Hill
the americans got news that the british were going to come up to bunker hill. so the americans went out at night and saw that there was a hill before bunker hill called breeds hill so the americans bunkered in there and fought the british there. the americans ended up losing breeds hill but they killed 1,054 british. -
Common sense
Common Sense[1] is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–76 that inspired people in the Thirteen Colonies to declare and fight for independence from Great Britain in the summer of 1776. In clear, simple language it explained the advantages of and the need for immediate independence. It was published anonymously on January 10, 1776, at the beginning of the American Revolution and became an immediate sensation. (WIKI) -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is 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. Instead they formed a union that would become a new nation—the United States of America (wiki) -
Battle of Long Island
The Battle of Long Island was a major victory for the British and defeat for the Americans under General George Washington. It was the start of a successful British campaign that gave the British control of the strategically important city of New York. In the American Revolutionary War it was the first major battle to take place after the United States declared independence in July, 1776. In terms of soldiers, it was the largest battle of the entire conflict. (wiki) -
Battle of Trenton
The Battle of Trenton took place 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 (wiki) -
Battle of Saratoga
one of the britsh armys did not meet with the other britsh armys and went of to fight george washinton americans lost that fight. then another fight benidict arnold went with his army and won a fight with the british. but the commanding solider took all the creadit he got mad and married and loyalists. he ended up leaving the american army and join the britsh as a spy -
Winter at valley Forge
George Washington had to stay at valley Forge for the winter. people died because they had no gear. some left and tryed to get home but most who did that died. -
Battle of Yorktown
On this day in 1781, General George Washington, commanding a force of 17,000 French and Continental troops, begins the siege known as the Battle of Yorktown against British General Lord Charles Cornwallis and a contingent of 9,000 British troops at Yorktown, Virginia, in the most important battle of the Revolutionary War. (History) -
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. The other combatant nations, France, Spain and the Dutch Republic had separate agreements; for details of these, and the negotiations which produced all four treaties (wiki)
