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Treaty of Paris 1st
The first Treaty of paris ended the French and idian war. Great Britian and france both regained lost territory. Also the limit of no settleing past the Apalauchion mountians was set. -
Townshed Acts
The townshed acts were a series of laws passed on the colonies by the british goverment. Many of these laws were made to help pay of Britians debt that they had occured during the seven year war. The colonists were outraged. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre played a huge part in starting the American Revolutionary War. It was caused due to the fact the British had placed multiple standing armies in the colonies and the colonists were not happy about it at all. The tensions had been growing between the colonies and the standing armies for awhile and finally they just broke. The colonists had been taunting the soldiers and throwing stuff at them and the soldiers retaliated, killing 5 colonists. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was the colonists direct response to the Tea Act placed upon them by British. The Tea Act said that the colonies could only buy tea from certain tea companies. This infuriated the colonists because they weren't being represented and they also didn't like the idea that they could only buy tea from one company. So a group of colonists gathered at Boston Harbor and dumped millions of dollars worth of tea into the ocean. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act reduced the price of tea sold by the British goverment. But it also required the colonists to only buy tea from the British. The Tea act was a direct result of Great Britains surplus of tea. -
The Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were laws passed by the British to punish the colonists for the Boston tea party. There were five acts within the Intolerable Acts:
-closed the Boston Harbor
-The Quartiering Act
-British officials were tried in England
-A British official was now governor of Massachusettes
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First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was held for a number of reasons. One of them was to boycott all British goods as a retaliation to the Intolerable Acts the British set upon the colonies. The colonies also agreed to write the Decleration of Rights and Greivances. Lastly, they decided to meet again in May of 1775 to discuss the kinds eventual response to their letter. -
Declaration of Rights and Greivances
The Decleration of Rights and Greivances was a letter sent to the King of England informing him of all the complaints that the colonists had about the way he was governing them. The King promptly ignored this letter. -
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
The British started marching into Lexington on their way to Concord to obtain weapons that the colonists were hiding. The first shots were fired in Lexington but the colonists had to fall back. The Britsih then continued on to Concord where they did not find any weapons and suffered heavy losses from the Minute Men located in Concord. The British were forced to retreat. -
The Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was originally scheduled to decided what to do about the Kings response to the Letter of Rights and Greivances. At the Second Continental Congress they accomplished a couple of things. One, they established a Continental Army. Second, they appointed George Washington the commander of the Continental Army. And third they wrote the Olive Branch Petition. -
The Battle of Bunker Hill
"Don't shoot until you see the whites of their eyes" is a famous quote by General Prescott. This command was given to the Patriots fighting on top of Breeds Hill shooting downward at the British who were marching up the hill. The British thought that the Battle would be easy, but it took them three tries until they were able to conquer the fort, The Britsh did win but they suffered heavy losses during them battle and it showed both sides that this war would not end quickly. -
Olive Branch Petition
The colonies for a while did not want to go into war with Britain. They wanted to solve their problems diplomatically. The Olive Branch Petition was their last request even a plea for Britain to please listen and let them solve this diplomatically. The King reluctantly declined. -
Common Sense
Common Sense was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine. When he wrote this he was trying to convinve the people living in the colnies that declaring independence from England was the only way to solve the problems they were facing. -
Decleration of Independence
The Decleration of Independence is one of the most important documents in US history, The Declaration of Independence was written to the King of England declaring their independence from Great Britain. Giving also the reasons why they were doing so: which were the fact the King of England was infringing upon the unalienable rights that the colonists felt that all men are entitle to. -
Battle of New York
New York was a very important focal point in the communications between the northern and southern colonies. Washington realized this and moved his troops to Long Island, New York waiting for the British to attack. At the battle on Long Island George Washington won but suffered heavy losses. The British retreated, and then prepared for another try to attack on Washington. But, in the morning when the British went to attack they found that the Patriots had fan away to Manhattan Island. -
Battle of Trenton
At about 8:00 AM the morning of December 26, 1776 Washington and his army surprised the Hessian army stationed in house along Pennington Road. At the same time General Sullivan sent a boom of artillery right toward the Hessians sending them into even more disarray. With Washington and his troops fighting hand to hand and with their muskets, along with General Sullivan's artillery pounding on them, the Hessians didn't stand a chance. The Hessians tried to resist and fight back but they failed. -
Battle of Saratoga
General Burgoyne had one of the best equipped armies ever to leave England under his command. But, even a surprise attack can take the down the strongest army yet. When the Patriots led by Horatio Gates made a surprise attack on the British they didn't have a chance. This was one of the most important victories for the colonies and a turning point in the war. -
Valley Forge
The winter at valley forge was the time when the american army transformed itself into a fighting machine. After those few months the men emerged as battle ready units. Many consider this the turning point of the war. -
Battle of Yorktown
The Battle of Yorktown was the last major battle of the American Revolution. There were many factors that contibuted to the Patriots victory at the Battle of Yorktown. The fact that the Patriots had a French army helping them out, they had a French naval fleet blocking the British escape route from sea, and the fact that General Cornwallis continouosly sent for reinforements but none came. If the Patriots had not won this battle the outcome of the war might have been very different. -
Treaty of Paris 2nd
The second treaty of paris ended the american revolution and officaly set the borders for the states. Britain retained land in Canada. Spain was given florida and land west of the mississippi. The colonies were given land from the east coast to the mississippi river to the coast.
