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French and Indian war
France and Great Britain had fought 3 inconclusive wars. Each war had begun in Europe, but spread to the overseas colonies. The french had started to colonize rapidly creating tensions between France and Great Britain and starting a war to control North America -
Sugar Act
Great Britain had borrowed so much money it doubled its national debt. The act halved the duty on foreign made molasses, placed taxes on products that had not been taxed before and most importantly anyone who violated the act, each case would be decided by a single judge. -
proclamation of 1763
To avoid further conflict with th eNative Americans, the British prohibited colonists from settiling west. The Proclamation line along the Appalations, colinists were not allowed to cross -
Stamp Act
An act where a tax was placed on printed items and a stamp would be placed on the paper to prove the tax had been paid. -
Sons of LIberty is Formed
A secret group formed to pretest the law -
Townshend Act
Taxed goods that were imported from Britain into the colonies. Like lead, glass, paint and paper -
Boston Massacre
A mob gathered in front of the Boston Customs House and taunted British soldiers standing gaurd. shots were fired and five colonists were killed or mortally wounded -
Tea Act
tax imposed on tea. -
Booston Tea Party
Boston rebels disgused themselves as Native Americans and took action against 3 british tea ships. They then proceeded to dump 18,000pounds of tea into the harbor -
Intolerable Acts
Boston harbor shut down, authorized comanders to house soldiers in private homes.General THomas Gage was appointed govoner of Massachusettes. To keep peace, he imposed military forces -
First Continental Congress Meets
Continental Congress meet for the first time to make military preparations and defend right for colonies to have their own affairs -
Second Continental Congress
Delagates called for independence others argued for reconciliation with Great Britain, but congress agreed to recognize the Colonial Militia as the Continential army and appointed George Washington as it's commander -
Battle of Bunker HIll
Thomas Gage sent 2,400 British soldiers up the hill. The colonists held their fire till the last minute. Te redcoats retreated loosing over 1,000 men while the colonists lost 450 men. -
Olive Branch Petition
A petition asking to return to the "former harmony" with Great Britain, but was rejected and the king issued a proclamations statng colonies were in rebellion -
Publication of Common Sense
A 50-page pamphlet that attacked King George and the monarchy. It stated that colonists should have indeoendence to create a better society with equal opportunities -
Declaration of Independence
a document created for the people to have rights and to be created as equals. When it was written, they did not include Women, Native Americans and Africa-American slaves. -
Early British Victories
To stop rebellion, by isolating New England. The british sailed to New York with 32,000 soldiers and quickly took over New York. The continetial army attempted to defend New York, late in August but could noot due to untrained soldiers. -
Early Continental Victories
Washington risked everything one Christmas night, In the face of a storm, he led 2,400 men in rowboats across Delaware River to Trenton, New Jersey and defeated garrison of Hessians in a surprise attack -
Valley Forge
Continental army, desprately low on food and supplies, fought to stay alive in the Winter Camp of Valley Forge. 2,000 solders died -
Saratoga
American Troops surrendered at Saratoga, the victory bolstered France's beliefs that the Americans could win the war, signing an alliance with them -
Fredrich von Steuben and Marquis de Lafayette
Fredrich von Steuben helped train the continetal army and Marquis de Lafayette helped gather french reineforcements in order for the continetal army to become an effective fighting force -
British Victories in the South
After devastating defeat British move south and take over Charles Town, South Carolina in May of 1880. The British general then chose to move to fight in Virginia -
British surrenders at Yorktown
17,000 fench and american troops surrounded the british in the Yorktown peninsula and began bombarding them day and night. less than a month later, the British surrendered -
Treaty of Paris
peace talks began in 1782, but delegates signed the treaty in 1783 which confirmed U.S indeoendence and set boundries for the new nation
