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Treaty of Paris 1763
The Treaty of Paris displaced the French Empire from North America. Great Britain gained control of the Ohio River Valley, and the Louisiana Territory was given to Spain. -
Proclamation of 1763
Banned any settle past the Appalachian mountains. -
Sugar Act
Required to pay a ta of six pence per gallon on the importation foreign. -
Stamp Act
Taxed all papers with a stamp, and the stamp had to be showed to be approved -
Quartering Act
The colonists had to provide the British soldiers with any needed accommodations and housing. -
Repeal of Stamp Act
Stated the rights and grievances of colonists, beseeched the king and parliament to repeal the repugnant legislation -
Declaratory Act
It was used to reaffirming its right to bing the colonies in all cases. -
Townshend Acts
Imposed a light import duty on glass, white lead, paper, paint, and tea -
Boston Massacre
British Army soldier fired on a mob of angry colonists. Killing or wounding 11 people. -
Boston Tea Party
100 Bostonians disguised as indians, boarded the ships and smashed 342 chests of tea and dumped it into the harbor -
Intolerable Acts
Limited rights rights traditionally practiced in Massachusetts -
First Continental Congress
12 of 13 colonies except Georgia sent 55 men, they met in Philadelphia. -
Troops sent to Lexington and Concord
The British sent troops to Lexington and Concord to seize stores of gun powder -
Lexington and Concord
This kicked off the Revolutionary War. British sent troops to Lexington and Concord to seize the militias gunpowder. The soldiers fired upon the British and eventually the British retreated. -
Second Continental Congress
Congress selected George Washington to lead the hastly improvised army besieging Boston -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The colonists seized Breed's hill, which the British blundered bloody when they launched a frontal attack wth 3,000 men, Americans mowed them down, but ran out of ammo and had to retreat -
Olive Branch Petition
Professed American loyalty to the crownand begging the king to prevent further hostilities, king slammed hope of reconciliation after Bunker Hill -
Common Sense
Book wrote by Thomas Paine that was used to convey the American Colonists that their true cause was independence, rather than reconciliation with Britain. -
Second Continental Congress
Congress selected George Washington to lead the hastly improvised army besieging Boston1 -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is formally approved by congress -
Battle of Trenton
Washington stealthily recrossed the Delaware River, which then lead to the capture of 1,000 Hessians -
Battle of Saratoga
Burgoyne was alone in upstate New York, General Howe settled down in Philadelphia. Washington surrounded Burgoyne and he surrendered. After the battle it convinced the French to join the cause as their ally. -
Valley Forge
Soldiers went without bread for 3 days in the cruel winter of 1777-1778 -
Treaty of Alliance
It was a treaty saying that the French would join the cause. The French would also recognize the Americans as independent -
Battle of Yorktown
Cornwallis fell into a trap of being surrounded by the French Navy in the waters, and fell short to Washington and his army -
Cornwallis Surrenders
Cornwallis surrenders his entire force of 7,000 men to the Colonists and French -
Treaty of Paris 1783
This was when Britain recognized the independence of the United States
