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French and Indian War Ends!
Great Britain wins the French and Indian War.
The proclamation of 1763 closes the lands west of the Appalachian Mountains to settlers! -
Sugar Act!
The Stamp Act is passed to raise taxes from the colonists. -
Currency Act
The Currency Act forbids the American colonists from creating their own money. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act is passed to collect taxes on paper goods. -
The Quartering Act!
The Quartering Act requires the colonists to provide food and shelter for British troops! -
Repeals
Organized resistance forces repeal of the Stamp Act. -
The Townshend Act
The Townshend Acts are passed to tax glass, tea, paper, and other products. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre inflames tensions in the colonists. -
American Boycotts
American boycotts and resistance to Townshend Acts forces repeal of all but the tea tax. -
Sam Adams
Sam Adams organizes the Committees of Correspondence too coordinate anti-British actions in the colonists! -
The Sons of Liberty
The Sons of Liberty dump the tea off a British ship at the Boston Tea Party. -
The sale of the tea
The Tea Act is passed giving British merchants a monopoly on the sale of the tea to the colonists. -
Punishing Boston!
The Intolerable Acts are passed to punish Boston for the BostonTea Party. -
The First Continental Congress!
The First Continental Congress meets to discuss the growing crisis. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord!
The Battle of Lexington and Concord signal th beginning of the war. -
The Battle of Bunker Hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill is fought! -
The Second Continental Congress!
The Second Continental Congress meets and Washington is named commander in chief of the Continental Army. -
Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine publishes “Common Sense”, rallying Americans to the cause of revolution. -
British Wins!
The British win the battle of Long Island and occupy New York City. -
The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is declared on July 4. -
Washington Wins
Washington crosses the Delaware and defeats the British at Trenton. -
Washington Wins!
Washington wins the battle of Princeton. -
Americans Win
Americans win a major battle of Saratoga. -
Washington Forces
Washington Forces spend the winter at Valley Forge. -
The Articles of Confederation!
The Articles of Confederation re adopted by the Continental Congress. -
The French becomes allies
The French becomes allies, sending men and munitions. -
George Rogers Clark
George Rogers Clark captures Stony Point of the Americans. -
Mad Anthony Wayne
Mad Anthony Wayne captures Stony Point for the Americans. -
John Paul Jones
John Paul Jones defeats the British ships Serapis. -
Americans win
Americans win a major battle at King’s Mountain, South Carolina! -
American traitor
American traitor Benedict Arnold escapes before he can hand over West Point to the British. -
British General Cornwallis!
British General Cornwallis is surrounded by American and French troops and bottled up at Yorktown by French ships. His surrender effectively ends the war! -
Final Peace!
The Final Peace treaty grants American colonies their independence from Great Britain.