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French India war
(1) the british, French and the native americans were involved it the french war. (2)what happend was they pitted France against Britain, Austria, Prussia, Russia, and several other monarchies. (3)The war provided Great Britain enormous territorial gains in North America. -
Stamp Act
(1) the people that were involved in the stamp act were the British parliament under King George III. (2) during the stamp act It required colonists to pay taxes on every page of printed paper they used. (3)sought to raise money to pay for this army through a tax on all legal and official papers and publications circulating in the colonies. -
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Townshend Acts
(1) the people that were involved the townshend Acts were Charles Townshend, Chancellor of the Exchequer. (2) somthing that happend during the townshend acts was they initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. (3) To help pay the expenses involved in governing the American colonies. -
Boston Massacre
(1) there were nine British soldiers involved with the Boston Massacre. (2) British sentries guarding the Boston Customs House shot into a crowd of civilians, killing three men and injuring eight, two of them mortally. (3) helped galvanize Boston and the colonies against the mother country. -
Boston Tea Party & Intolerable Acts
(1) The British tea was involved with Boston Tea Party & Intolerable Acts. (2) somthing that happend during Boston Tea Party & Intolerable Acts was the British shut down Boston Harbor until all of the 340 chests of British East India Company tea were paid for. (3) The Boston Tea Party was a significant event that helped accelerate and intensify colonial support for the American Revolution. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
(1) The people that were involved in the Battle of Bunker Hill were New England soldiers. (2) During the Battle of Bunker Hill The American patriots were defeated. (3)some significance from Battle of Bunker Hill proved they could hold their own against the superior British Army. -
Valley Forge
(1) General Wilhelm von Knyphausen led British soldiers were involved in the Valley Forge. (2) many thousands of men had to build their own huts during The Valley Forge. (3) the site of the 1777-78 winter encampment of the Continental Army under General George Washington. -
The Battle of Saratoga
(1) The superior British army was involved in the battle of saratoga. (2) Somthing that happend during the battle of saratoga was the Continental Army persevered and won a decisive victory at the Battle of Saratoga. (3) Somthing that was significance to The Battle of Saratoga was there was a turning point in the Revolutionary War. -
Battle of Yorktown
(1) The British General Lord Charles Cornwallis and a contingent of 9,000 British troops were involved in The Battle of Yorktown. (2) During The Battle of Yorktown British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered his army of some 8,000 men to General George Washington. (3) a significance to the Battle of yorktown is they were led directly to the peace negotiations that ended the war in 1783 and gave America its independence.