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Martha Washington (Birth)
Born as Martha Dandridge she grew up on her parents' plantation called Chestnut Grove in the British colony, Province of Virginia. -
Paul Revere (Birth)
Paul Revere was born in the North End of Boston on December 21, 1734, according to the Old Style calendar then in use, or January 1, 1735, in the modern calendar.[ -
Thomas Paine (Birth)
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Lord Cornwallis (Birth)
Cornwallis was born in Grosvenor Square, London, England. -
Benedict Arnold (Birth)
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Revolutionary Era
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Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris, which was also called the Peace of Paris and the Treaty of 1763, was signed on February 10th, 1763 by Great Britain, France and Spain. It basically ended the Seven Years' War and the French and Indian War, and gave Britain most of the French's land. Infact, this treaty ended Frence's domination in North America because all they owned now were a couple islands in the Carribbean. -
The Effects of the Treaty of Paris
The big problem of the treaty was that it left out the Native Americans who had been living there for thousands of years. They got pretty mad and tried to revolt, but they were soon defeated. -
Proclamation of 1763
It was a new rule that said that the colonists could not settle farther into the mountains becuase they wanted to give the Natives a little land so they wouldn't complain. The problem was, many colonists had already bought land there and felt very cheated by this proclamation.In the end, it did the opposit of its objective and was key in the start of revolution. -
French and Indian War Ends
France basically loses, signs the Treaty of Paris, and gets left with a few islands in the Carribbean, while the colonies get almost everything out to the Mississippi and up into Canada. Spain gets florida and everything west of the Mississppi, and everyone's happy. Well, almost everyone.... -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act of 1765, put in place by King George the III and the British Parliament, was a tax that was put the colonies of British America, and it required that many of the printed materials in the colonies had to be made on certain paper produced in London, carrying an embossed revenue stamp. They were really expensive and the colonists were very opposed to it. -
Quartering Act
It was basically a law that said British soilders were alowed to barge into your house and demand a place to sleep and food to eat, often threatening you with their gun if you refused. -
Townshed Revenue Acts Started
They were a series of taxes put on the colonists to pay for Britain's many expences and were not taken very well at all. -
Boston Massacre
Known as "The Shot Heard Round The World", this was massacre was weird because no one knew who shot first and then who proceeded to to shot and so on. Many accounts say many different things, but no one will ever know what really happened. -
Tea Act
This was a major tax on the tea that came from Britaion's best buddy, India. They would only allow tea to come from the there so they made it really expensive. -
Boston Tea Party
Frusturated colonists dressed up like Natives and empied all of the tea out of ships from Britain into the hasrbor. This was a result of the tea act. -
Intolerable Acts Begin
After the Boston Tea Party, the British took away the little self-government Massachusets had and put in a series of four laws that were "intolerable". -
1st Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a group of representatives from twelve colonies (Georgia was not there) that met on September 5, 1774, at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They wanted to talk about the acts that were being put into place by british parlamenmt and what they were going to do. -
Paul Revere warns Massachusets Provincial Congress
On April 7, 1775, Joseph Warren sent Paul Revere to warn the Massachusetts Provincial Congress, who were in Concord, protecting the military supplies, that British troops were coming. Once they got the warning, the residents of Concord began moving the military supplies away from the town. -
Paul Revere warns Colonial Militias of British Troops
On the night of April 18, 1775, Joseph Warren told Paul Revere and William Dawes that the king's troops were about to get in boats from Boston to Cambridge. So Paul Revere went to tell the people at Cambridge what was happening so they'd be prepared. -
Lexington and Concord
This was the first battle of the Revolutionary War. The colonists started to flee and the British went in and distroyed the colonists supplies, setting them back in the war. -
"Common Sence" is Published
A short pamphlet by Thomas Paine, "Common Sence" talks about how the colonies are better off without Britain and convinced many peoplke to side with the colonies in the Revolutionary War. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is a document created by the Continental Congress stating that the colonies wanted inderpendence from Britain. It was signed and adopted on July 4, 1776. They called this new country the United States of America, and it has been so ever since, while it continued to add more states and territories. -
Battle of Saratoga
This was the turning point in the war, where the colonists started to win battles and gain confidence. -
2nd Battle of Saratoga
The battle started in the afternoon and lasted until sunset. The British general was running low on soldiers from other battles and the colonist's strategic attack finally beat the British forces. -
Battle of Yorktown
This was the last battle of the Revolutionary War in which Britain decided to give up and go home. -
Benedict Arnold (Death)
In January 1801, Arnold's health began to decline. He died on June 14, 1801, at the age of 60 after being diagnosed with lots of diseases and abadly injured jeg. -
Martha Washington (Death)
She died when she was seventy at Mount Vernon, Virginia. -
Lord Cornwallis (Death)
In 1805, Cornwallis was madeGovernor-General of India and got there in July. He died on 5 October from a fever when he was at the Varanasi kingdom. -
Thomas Paine (Death)
Paine died at the age of 72, at 59 Grove Street in Greenwich Village, New York City, on the morning of June 8, 1809. Only six people acually came to his funeral. -
Paul Revere (Death)
Revere died on May 10, 1818, at the age of 83, at his home on Charter Street in Boston.
