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French and IndianWar 1754- 1763 (Started July 3, 1754)
it was to crush the power of the king it created hostility between colonies resulted in sugar act and colnists were not happy because of all the taxes they had to pay . -
Treaty of Paris 1763 (Signed February 10th 1763)
all french territory was lost north of america british received ohio valley , temporaily brought american colonists close to their british cousins -
February 10, 1763 end of french and indian war
the 7 year battle is now over -
Proclamation of 1763 (October 7, 1763)
it made settlement west of the appalations legal
it stopped conflict with natives and colonists were very angry . -
Sugar Act 1764 (April 5, 1764)
this placed tax on sugar and mollasses this was to pay for british military support this angered the colonists because they didnt want to pay taxes . -
Stamp Act 1765 (March 22, 1765)
the stamp act was you had to have stamps showing its been paid a tax on documents or anything paper there were still unhappy colonists becaus eit was anothe rtax they were paying the british purpose was again to help pay for the military support -
quartering act march 24th 1765
established as a way for english to save money on their troops staioned if any soldier went to a house in the colonies the owners of a home would to let them stay there and supply them with their needs colonist were to supply soldiers even if they were strangers -
Writs of Assistance April 19 1767
this allowed soldiers into peoples houses to search for smuggled british goods and the colonists were not happy about it and later james otis protested to it -
townshend acts july 2nd 1767
a series of acts passed in 1667 by the great britian parliment the acts were named after charles townshend the purpose of the acts was to raise revenurein the colonies to pay for salaries of govenorsand judges so they would be independent of colonial rule -
boston massacre march 5th 1770
6 people were killed culmination of tensions in american colonies that been growing since royal troops first appeered in massetchusets jury assembled ffor the trial did not have a single bostan -
tea act may 10th 1773
launched the finall spark to revolutionary moment in boston placed no new tax on tea and british gov. prefered to help the sturgling east india corperation -
boston tea party december 16th
colonists dress up as indians to get on the ship and dump all tea into boston harbor reffered to as destruction of the tea -
1st contenental congress 1774
they met up to decide what they were going to do about britian -
intolerable acts march 24th 1774
british did this to punuish massechusets for the boston tea party led to closing the boston harbor "admistration of justice" -
lexington 1775
the first shot that started the revolution was located here, soldiers were sent to destroy goods , and 700 british soldiers did this. -
concord 1775
also start of the revolution , when the british went there , there were minute men waiting for them by a bridge by concord and they shot them this made them have to retreat -
2nd contenental meeting 1775
helped move towards independence , also helped get closer to the declaration of independence, there were 50 members in this group. -
• Ft. Ticonderoga 1775
small force led by ethan allen and benndict arnold , they overcame a small british garrison and looted the personal belongins of the garrion the result was Ticonderoga and Crown Point captured by New England militia -
bunker hill 1775
"dont shoot tille you see the white of their eyes" this quote was made because they were low on gunpower and couldnt waste the shot so they marched up to bunker hill and got close enough and fired -
common sense 1776
this phamplet was made by thomas paine , it was first published annoymously at the beginning of the american revolution , but the purpose of the phamplet was increase support for american independence -
declaration of independence 1776
this was the official break up letter with britian -
battle of new york 1776
this resulted in a british victory , this was also the first major battle of the revolution -
battle of trenton 1776
it took place in new jersey on the deleware river
was one of the major battle in the revolution
it was surprise attack that washington planned because of being humiliated in the last battle -
battle of princeton 1777
40 patriots and 275 british soldiers
washington evaded conflict with cornwallis -
battle of saratoga 1777
turning point of the revoluttion
british surrendered
us had to get french navy and spanish to help -
winter at velley forge 1777-1778
it was a long harsh winter and more than half of washingotons men died form the weather frostbit was the main problem there -
battle of yorktown 1781
british surrender to the french the result was american victory
this happened in yorktown virginia -
treaty of paris 1783
ended the american revolution
established boundaries bewtween the us and british north america
prisoners of war were to be released also
