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Treaty of Paris 1763
When the treaty of paris was signed, it resulted in the ending of the French and Indian war and started a new time where the English would rule outside of Europe. -
Proclamation of 1763
"The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued October 7, 1763, by King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War, in which it forbade settlers from settling past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains."
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Stamp Act of 1765-1766
"The Stamp Act of 1765 was the first internal tax levied directly on American colonists by the British government. The act, which imposed a tax on all paper documents in the colonies, came at a time when the British Empire was deep in debt from the Seven Years' War (1756-63) and looking to its North American colonies as a revenue source."
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Quartering Act of 1765
The Quartering acts were two acts made by the British to answer to the French and Indian war, and that partially fueled the Revolutionary war. -
Townshed Acts
"Taxes on glass, paint, oil, lead, paper, and tea were applied with the design of raising £40,000 a year for the administration of the colonies. The result was the resurrection of colonial hostilities created by the Stamp Act."
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Sam Adams/Boston Massacre
A American Statesman and Political Philosopher, Adams was one of the foudners of the United States and started the movement that became the revolutionary war. 1770- date of Boston Massacre. -
The Hessians
The Hessians were German soldiers who were taken to fight under the British Empire against the Americans in the Revolutionary War. -
Martha Washington
1871-Served as an air to Washington during seige of Yorktown Married the second time to George Washington, she raised her first husbands childran with him and was the first, first lady of the United States. -
The sons of Liberty
The sons of Liberty were a group of patriots and the ones who untertook the act of the Boston Tea Party -
Boston Tea Party
"The Boston Tea Party of December 16, 1773, took place when a group of Massachusetts Patriots, protesting the monopoly on American tea importation recently granted by Parliament to the East India Company, seized 342 chests of tea in a midnight raid on three tea ships and threw them into the harbor."
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Quartering Act of 1774
The second of the two main Wuartering acts. See quartering act 1765 for more details. -
First Continental Congress
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Paul Revere's Ride
Paul Revere (1735-1818) was a silversmith most well known for his ride on April 17th 1775 to alert the colonists of the approaching English. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
"The Battles of Lexington and Concord, fought on April 19, 1775, kicked off the American Revolutionary War. Tensions had been building for many years between residents of the 13 American colonies and the British authorities, particularly in Massachusetts. On the night of April 18, 1775, hundreds of British troops marched from Boston to nearby Concord in order to seize an arms cache.
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Decleration of Independance and Thomas Jefferson
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_transcript.html
Put that link into your searchbox to see the full Declaration of Independance. In 1776 Thomas Jefferson, a politician, auther, and the third president of the United States, helped write the Declaration of Independance. -
George Washington chosen to be commander of the army.
President George Washington (1731-1799) was the first president of the Untied States, a politician, statesman, and commander, he was respected by many american citizens and was essential to the Revolutionary War, as one of its libirating commander, -
Bennadict Arnold
Bennadict Arnold (1741-1801) was an american soldier and one of the most recognized people of the revolutionary war as the most notorious traitor in American History. -
Battle of Saratoga
The BATTLE OF SARATOGA was the turning point of the Revolutionary War. "The scope of the victory is made clear by a few key facts: On October 17, 1777, 5,895 British and Hessian troops surrendered their arms. General John Burgoyne had lost 86 percent of his expeditionary force that had triumphantly marched into New York from Canada in the early summer of 1777.
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John Adams
A founding father and the main writer of the Massacheutsets Constitution, and the second president of the united States, Adams was a statesmen, diplomat, and an important figure of the revolutionary war. -
Abigail Adams
Abigal Adams (1744-1818) was the second lady and second first lady of the United States. She was married to John Adams and was born in Europe. -
Battle of Yorktown and Surrender of Lord Cormwallis
"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." Also on this day, Lord Charles Cormwallis, a British general, surrendered his troops to the American forces.
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Treaty of Paris of 1873
http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/treaty-paris2.htm Copy and Past this URL to veiw the Treaty of Paris (1873) -
Patriots and Loyalists
Loyalists- Colonists who stayed loyal to King George III and the British government. Patriots- Colonists who turned against the British and supported and/or helped fight for independance.
