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The British and Indians fight the French over the land. The British and Indians won the war.
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this was an act passed by British parliament to raise tax on imported tea not from Britten.
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the stamp act force colonists to pay a tax on goods that have to be stamped such as news papers.
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a riot broke out in Boston colonists were trowing rocks at the solders. the first solder shot and all cause broke lose. this brake out became known as the Boston Massacre.
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the tea act was a tax on tea put into the colonies to reduce the amount of tea held by East India. also known as the tea act of 1773.
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a group of colonists known as the sons of liberty dressed up as Mohock Indians, got onto a British cargo ship and dumped out all of the tea into the Boston harbor.
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this is one of the intolerable acts. this act shut down the Boston harbor as punishment for the Boston tea party.
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the quartering act forced colonists to house and pervade for British solders.
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this speech was a speech that was spoken a few weeks before the revolution. in the speech, he urged the american people to start a revaluation agents the British with the line "Give me liberty or give me death"
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the battles of Lexington and Concord were the first battles of the american revolutionary war.
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the green mouton boys (lead by Ethan Allen) captured the fort of Ticonderoga.
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in this battle, america was so low on ammunition that the commanding officer was yelling " Don't fire until you see the whites of there eyes!" the British ended up wining the battle.
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the Continental Congers named Gorge Washington commander and chief of the continental army. he was chosen above other leaders such as John Hancock.
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in 1776 Thomas Paine wrought a paper called Common Sense. this was a document declared freedom from the king.
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Thomes Jefferson drew up a draft of the declaration of Independence and John Adams and Benjamin Franklin.
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these battles were considered a turning point in the american revaluation. these battles were fought 18 days apart. America lost the first battle but weekend the British trups resolting in a victory for the second battle.
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after the battles of Saratoga, the french saw the american army and dictated to start an alliance with america.
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this was the last battle of the american revolutionary war before the British surrendered and america was a free country.
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at the end of the Battle Of Yorktown, general Cornwallis surrendered the war. at first they tried to surrender to the french. the french made them surrender to america.
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ending the revolutionary war, Briton and America signed a peace treaty and declared independents.
