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French - Indian War
The French - Indian War started on May 28th, 1754 and ended on March 10th, 1764. -
French - Indian War
It was a theater of "Seven Year's War.
Which had the involvement of Great Britain and France fighting over for control of the Ohio River Valley located in North America.
After two years of fighting, Great Britain officially declared war on France.
With the British outnumbering the French, they turned to the natives. Ultimately the British won the war, but this war was expensive, making Great Britain pay the price of the war, being in-debt. This led to multiple Taxing Acts on the 13 Colonies. -
Stamp Act
Parliament's first direct tax on the American colonies, this was to raise money for the British. This Act taxed newspapers, almanacs, pamphlets, broadsides, legal documents, dice, and playing cards. This helped pay back the British troops that participated in the French - Indian War as it was costly for the British. This was the start of multiple parliament Acts for the colonists, as this angered the 13 colonies for heavy taxing. -
Quartering Act
This was a parliament that granted the privileges for royal governors to be able to search for private homes and buildings to house British soldiers on the colonists lands, their public barracks and homes. This was to provide more infantry on the British American land to be able to control the colonies with efficiency. -
Townshend Act
This parliament was to help pay the British Royals initiating taxing on items such as glass, lead, paper, paint, paper, and tea. When more parliaments were passed for taxing everyday use of items and they became more expensive for the colonists, they decided to discourage purchases of British Imports. This was a demonstration of the power the British had to be able to control the colony's Imports and abuse them by high taxes. -
Boston Massacre
In Boston, on the streets of King Street, a mob of patriots in the town of Boston were unruly against the British soldiers as they taunted, assaulted, and threw various projectiles at them. This angered the British soldiers and upon the dispute between the two, nine British soldiers shot at the colonists. This incident had the price of 5 colonists shot dead with British guns. This was known as the Boston Massacre, or more commonly "The Bloody Massacre". engraved by a patriot, named Paul revere. -
Boston Tea Party
On the night of December 16. This was an American political protest against Great Britain. This protest was to be against the British parliament tax on tea. Their actions proved to be an important event that eventually led to the famous "American Revolutionary War". Great Britain responded with numerous British Parliament Acts, commonly acknowledged as "Intolerable Acts". These parliaments brought more havoc on the 13 colonies as everybody did not like having to pay taxes on everything. -
Intolerable Acts
Following up on the Boston Tea Party, Great Britain opposed this protest by introducing multiple Acts against the colonists of Massachusetts Bay. The 4 Acts were the Boston Port Act, The Massachusetts Government Act, the Administration of Justice Act, and the Quartering Act. The Quebec Act was sometimes included as one of the coercive acts, although this Act had no connections with the Boston Tea Party protest. -
Shot heard round the world
This was the first spark of the American Revolutionary War with the first opening shots of the battle of Lexington and Concord. This violence was a colonial revolt against British supremacy and the fight for their Independence. This was the first major military campaign for the Americans.
With shots firing in the first Battle on April 19, 1775, 8 Americans would be presumed dead during the Battle of Lexington.
The Battle of Concord resulted in 3 British Soldiers dead and 9 others wounded. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill was a defeat for the American patriots during the siege of Boston, but this proved that they themselves could hold against the superior of the British Army. It was one of the most bloodiest battles of the American Revolutionary War, with over 2,000 Red coats dead or injured, while the Patriots sustained over 400 casualties within just 2 hours of the Battle. The defeat was an encouragement for the American Patriots to not give up and keep on fighting. -
The Declaration of Independence
On the day of July 4th. This marked the beginning of the Independence for the 13 Colonies, all being unified under one nation after the Battles. By issuing the declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress, the 13 colonies severed their connections with Great Britain, this was freedom and Independence. This was the day everybody from all 13 colonies turned against the British to fight for their rights. The American Revolutionary War. -
Battle of Trenton and Princeton
The battles occurred over a span of nine days starting from December 26th, 1776 to January 3rd, 1777. This was the first successful American victory against the red coats. This was won by the Revolutionary General, George Washington against a garrison of the Hessian mercenaries. This greatly boosted the morale of the Americans. This victory set the stage of the American Revolutionary War for another victory gain at the Battle of Princeton. -
Battle of Saratoga
On October 7, 1777 in New York, the Battle of Saratoga marked the turning point for the Americans in the American Revolutionary War as the Americans defeated the superior British Army, marking American Victory. The American Force had nearly grown up to 20,000 men. Faced with being outnumbered, British General John Burgoyne and his men surrendered to the Americans on October 17, 1777. The French also played a role as they saved the Americans from decimation from the hands of the British. -
Valley Forge
In late 1777, with the British occupation of the Patriot Capital, Philadelphia in Pennsylvania, General George Washington thought of a plan and decided to Bunker down at a nearby town, Valley Forge. There he and his men could recover and resupply and wait the 6 long months of the harsh winter. George Washington chose this spot because he and his men were close enough to Philadelphia to maintain pressure on the British, and yet far enough for a British surprise attack on him and his men. -
Battle of Yorktown
The Siege of Yorktown, also known as the Battle of Yorktown and Surrender at Yorktown, was the last decisive engagement and battle for the American Revolution. With American patriots outnumbering the British, the siege of Yorktown lasted three weeks before the surrender. British General Charles Lord Cornwallis's men were garrisoned in Yorktown. With the help of French allies, Washington surprised the British that they turned the tide toward the last American Victory in the War for Independence. -
Treaty of Paris
September 3rd, 1783 marked the final engagement with Great Britain. This was the day the Treaty of Paris was signed by representatives of the United States, John Jay, Benjamin Franklin, Henry Lauren, and John Adams, and the representatives of Great Britain were David Hartley and Richard Oswald. The Treaty of Paris officially ended the American Revolutionary War and recognized the 13 colonies as independent from British America and to be free, sovereign, and independent states.