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Martha Curtis Washigton
Martha Curtis Washigton was te first first lady of the united states. Goege Washngton was her second husband and she was alo knownfor high amoun of slaves. -
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Revolutionary War
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Treaty of Paris 1763
Great Britain, France, Portugal, and Spain signed the treaty wich ended The French and Indian War. -
The Royal Proclamation of 1763
The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued by King George III after the French/Indian War, and the proclamation forbid any settlers from settling past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. -
Samual Adams
Adams saw the act as an infringement of longstanding colonial rights. Because colonists were not represented in Parliament, he argued, they could not be taxed by that body; only the colonial assemblies, where the colonists were represented, could levy taxes upon the colonies. -
Abigail Adams
AbigailAdams married John Adams who baecame the secon president of The Unit States. -
The Stamp Act
The stamp act was a tax imposed by the British Parliament that required all citizens to pay a fee on every piece of paper they used -
Quartering Act
The Quarting Act was an act passed by the British Government to make sure that the British soldiers would be fed and billeted properly during their times of service in the North American Colonies -
Townshend Acts
The Townshend acts were designed to collect revenue from Colonists in America by putting customs on iterms such as glass, lead, paper, paints, and tea. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a brutal incident in which some British soldiers had attacked and killed 5 civillian men, also injuring 6 others. This had led to a campaign by speech-writers to provoke the angry feelings of the citizens. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a nonviolent political protest by the Colonists in boston. Disquised as indians, the citizens threw $1,000,000 worth in tea off of a port and into the Boston Harbor in protest of the taxes being put on tea. -
The sons of Liberty
The Son of Liberty where best known for undertking in the Boston Tea Party. The Sons of Liberty was an organization of American patriots that originated in the pre-independence North American British colonies. -
Patriots
Patriots dumped thousands of pounds of tea into the Boston Harbor beouse of the hight taxes th the briish put on tea. -
The Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were a series of laws that British Prime Minister, Lord North, had enacted upon in response to the Boston Tea Party. -
1st Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a group of delegates from 12 colonies (Georgia was absent), that was called together in response to the Intolerable Acts -
Beneict Arnold
Bnedct Arnold was an aeican general who who when he thoght he was going to die threw his country under the bus. -
Paul Revere's Midnigh Rid
Paul Revere rode from boston warnig "the british are coming thebritishare coming. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord marked the outbreak and start of major conflict between Great Britian and the 13 colonies in North America. -
Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine was an English-American political activist, author, political theorist and revolutionary. -
Lord Cornwallis
he Earl Cornwallis was a British Army officer and colonial administrator.he is best remembered as one of the leading British into the revolutionary war. -
Decloration Of Independence
56 men signed The Decloration of Independence wich made America free country from Great Britain -
Loyalists
Patriots had gained control of virtually all territory in the 13 colonies, and expelled all royal officials. No one who openly proclaimed their loyalty to the Crown was allowed to remain, so for the moment, Loyalists fled or kept quiet. Some of those who remained later gave aid to invading British armies or joined uniformed Loyalist regiments. -
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefrerson was a founding father.He was the auther of The Decloration of Indepndence. -
Hessians
Hessians were 18th-century German auxiliaries contracted for service under The Crown of the British Empire. They first landed in staten island and there first battle was Battle of Long Island. -
The Battle of Saratoga
The Battle of Saratoga was fought for 18 days, and was a turning point in the revolution. -
The Battle of Yorktown
On this day in history, George Washington commanded 17,000 French and Continental troops begin a siege against the British general, Lord Charles Cornwallis, with 9,000 british troops in Yorkstown, Virginia, hence the name. -
The Treaty of Paris- 1783
The Treaty of Paris had ended the Revolutionary War -
George Wahington
Goerge Washington was elected first president of the United States of America.
