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The French and Indian War
The war between Britain and the Colonies -
Proclimation of 1763
A proclamation line along the Appalachians, which the colonists were not allowed to cross -
Sugar Act
Halved the duty on foreign-made molasses in the hopes that colonists would pay a lower tax rather than risk arrest by smuggling. -
Stamp Act
Imposed a tax on documents and printed items such as wills, newspapers, and playing cards. -
Sons of liberty is formed
A group formed to protest the Stamp Act. Led by men such as Samuel Adams -
Townshend Acts
Named after Charles Townshed, taxed goods that were imported into the colony from Britain. It also imposed a tax on tea -
Boston Massacre
A mob gathered and taunted the British soldiers standing guard, Shots were fired. 5 colonists were killed or mortally wounded. -
Boston Tea Party
Colonists threw tea into the Boston harbor to protest the tax on tea -
Intolerable Acts
Shut down Boston harbor. Authorized British commanders to house soldiers in cavant pricate homes and other buildings. Boston was placed under marital law. -
First Continental Congress Meets
56 Delegates met in Philadelphia and drew up a declaration of colonial rights -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
Troops were ordered to march to Concord and seize illegal weapons. -
Publication of Common Sense
one guy's revolt began with Lexington and Concord -
Second Continental Congress meets
Debate their next move. Loyalties sparked endless debates. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
British general decided to strike at militamen on Breed's Hill. -
Olive Branch Petition
congress sent this petition to the king to return to the former harmony -
Early British Victories
Brandywine, Bunker Hill, Lexington, Quebec, and Fort Ticonderoga -
Early Continental Army Victories
Concord, Saratoga, and Trenton -
Declaration of Independance
The document declared the rights of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" to be unobtainable -
Saratoga
American troops surrounded the British troops, and they surrendered -
Valley Forge
more than 2,000 soldiers died, but the survivors didn't bail -
Friedrich von Steuben and Marquis de Lafayette
military leaders helped train the continental Army -
British victories in the South
They captured Charles Town, South Carolina, and then New York -
British surrender at Yorktown
an army of 7,500 was led onto the peninsula between the james and york rivers. -
Treaty of Paris
Confirmed U.S. independance and set the boundaries of the new nation. The US stretched from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River.
