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French and Indian War
The French and Indian war was about conflicting claims over Great Britain and French about American land. The British took over the lands after the big win and this would later be the creation of the Treaty of Paris. -
Treaty of Paris
The treaty of Paris was an agreement after the French and Indian war that France would give all their territory on the mainland to Great Britain after their loss. It effectively ended any foreign military threat to the British colonies. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act of 1765 was an act put on the Americans by Britain's Parliament to tax any printed materials the colonies required. -
Townshend Act
The Townshend acts were a series of measures, passed by the British Parliament that taxed important goods imported to the American colonies. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a fight that broke out in Boston, Massachusetts in 1770. A group of colonists confronted the nine British soldiers by throwing snowballs at them, leading to a fight. A colonist accidentally threw a snowball with a rock inside of it to a British soldier which in return led to 5 people being shot by the soldiers. -
Boston Tea Paty
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest that occurred on December 16, 1773. American colonists dressed up as Native Americans and once it was night, they dumped 342 chests of tea out of anger towards the British. -
Boston Port Act
The Boston Port Act was the act that made Parliament close it's city ports in response to the Tea party. -
The British are coming!
On the night of April 18, Paul Revere had a mission to ride north to Lexington to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock of their impending arrest, and to alert the colonies that the British were on the move. -
Battle of Fort Ticonderoga
The capture of Fort Ticonderoga was a victory for the British in the Revolutionary War. It secured the strategic passageway north to Canada and netted the patriots and an important cache of artillery. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill was during the Seige of Boston in the first stage of the American Revolutionary War. The British defeated the Americans. Despite their loss, George Washington inflicted significant casualties against the enemy and the battle helped boost their confidence. -
Olive Branch Petition
The Olive Branch Petition was written in 1775, its purpose was the final effort of the Second Continental Congress to persuade King George III of England to respond to the concerns of the American Colonists. -
Thomas Paine's Common Sense
Thomas Paine's is a 47-page pamphlet written to advocate Independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. Paine marshaled moral and political arguments to encourage common people in the Colonies to fight for egalitarian government. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is the pronouncement and founding document that states the principles on which our government, and our identity as Americans, are based. The purpose was to announce and explain separation from Great Britain. -
Crossing of the Delaware
George Washington and the Continental Army crossed the Delaware River into New Jersey in a surprise attack on the British.This helped turn the war back to the American's favor. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
The Battle of Lexington and Concord was a battle that lasted from 1775 to 1778. Neither side was expected to fight until a shot that is known as the "shot heard around the world" started the fight, no one knows who shot it first. It was the first military engagement of the American Revolution. -
Battle of Valley Forge
Valley Forge worked as the third of eight winter encampments for the Continental Army's main body The battle was commanded by General George Washington during the American Revolution War that went from 1777-1778. Disease killed nearly 2,000 people during the encampment. -
The Colonies become allies with France
In 1778, the 13 colonies becomes allies with France which formalized France's financial and military support of the revolutionary government in America. They formed an alliance against Great Britain during the Revolution war because France believed they would benefit militarily by allying themselves with a powerful nation. -
Battle of Kings Mountain
The battle of Kings Mountain was a military engagement between patriots and Loyalist militias during the American Revolution. -
Battle of Yorktown
The Battle of Yorktown from Sep 28 - Oct 19, 1781, proved to be the decisive engagement of the American Revolution. It was a joint Franco-American land and sea campaign that entrapped a major British army on a peninsula in Virginia and forced its surrender. -
Treaty of Paris 1783
In 1783, the American and British representatives signed the Treaty of Paris, ending the American Revolution as a whole. This treaty recognized the U.S.'s independence and granted significant western territory. -
George Washington becomes president
When George Washington became president in April, they ratified the bill of rights, and fice new states entered the union. He was a prime mover to move the colonies into a better sense of union.