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road to revolution
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French and Indian War
Britain needed money to finance war with France. Britain created taxes on the colonists to pay for the war. The war gave Britian new land from the French which they gave to the Natives.
The war was from 1754- 1763. -
treaty of paris
this said that france would give the land east of the mississippi river to the colonists. all the land to the east would be given to spain. -
proclomation of 1763
Britain wanted to avoid conflict with Native Americans so the colonists were told not to go across the Appalachians. Colonists were mad because they could not go to the Ohio valley for the fresh fertile soil. the proclomation kept the colonists from crossing the appalachian mountains. -
Sugar Act
Tax on sugar and molasses. The idea of taxes a growing issue between Great Britain and the colonists. this act put taxes on sugar and other molasses -
Stamp Act
Tax on legal documents and any other piece of paper. Stamp Act Congress formed to organize a boycott. -
Writs of Assistance
Customs officers could search ships at will. Merchants felt this was an invasion of privacy. -
Townshend Acts
Tax on various household, Colonists boycott. -
Quartering Act
Colonists had to provide food, housing etc… for British soldiers. This was hated, but little could be done -
The Boston Massacre
A rioting mob confronted British soldiers at the Boston Customs House, five colonists were killed. Sam Adams used the opportunity to whip up anti-British feeling by calling the event a “massacre”. -
Tea Act
Tea merchants in the colonies were cut out of the tea trade because the British East India Company lowered their tea prices. Boston Tea Party was a result of this. -
Boston Tea Party
the Sons of Liberty dumped 90,000 pounds of tea into Boston Harbor. Intolerable Acts was a result of this. -
Intolerable Acts
Colonists could not hold town meetings Port of Boston closed. First Continental Congress meets. closed the boston port -
1st continental congress
the first continental congress met because with the revolution brewing up they new that they needed an army so they created the continental army. -
give me liberty
patrick henry gave his famous give me liberty or give mr death speech. -
ft ticonderoga
when a small force of Green Mountain Boys led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold overcame a small British garrison at the fort and looted the personal belongings of the garrison. Cannons and other armaments from the fort were transported to Boston and used to fortify Dorchester Heights and break the standoff at the Siege of Boston. -
2nd continental congress
that a continental army would be created. The Congress commissioned George Washington of Virginia to be the supreme commander, who chose to serve without pay. -
bunkerhill
It was the second battle of the revolutionary war. the colonists were told not to shoot until you could see the whites of there eyes because they were running low on ammo. -
common sense
got the colonists pumped up and told them about how great britian should not be ruling us while they are on the other side of the world. -
battle of new york
British troop strength was increased so that it number over 32,000 by the end of August. Meanwhile, General Washington was preparing his men as well as he could under the circumstances. -
battle of trenton
After being driven out of New York by the British and forced to retreat to the West bank of the Delaware during the late summer of 1776, the American cause was at a low ebb. In the harsh winter Washington was faced with the annual crisis of the expiry of the Continental Army’s period of -
battle of princeton
George Washington, Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army, repulsed a British attack at the Battle of the Assunpink Creek in Trenton. That night, he evacuated his position, circled around General Lord Cornwallis' army, and went to attack the British garrison at Princeton. -
declaration of independence
the founding fathers signed a document saying that we were free from british rule even though the revolution was still going on. -
battle of saratoga
5,895 British and Hessian troops surrendered their arms. General John Burgoyne had lost 86 percent of his expeditionary force that had triumphantly marched into New York from Canada in the early summer of 1777. -
winter at valley forge
george washington and hos men encouted a horrible winter more men died at valley forge than in the battle of saratoga. -
battle of yorktown
this was the final battle of the revolution. john paul jones ran his burning ship into a british warship and won the naval battle. -
treaty of paris
officially ended the Revolutionary War. and it said that britian would notice america as a country.
