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treaty pf paris 1763
it ended after 7 year. The american counter part of which was the French and Indian war. the term of the traty paris were to losing France. -
Proclamation of 1763
This was doen to limit their conflicts with Native Americans and prevent costly Wars. Established or defined four new colonies, three of them on the contienet proper. -
Stamp Act
The stamp was passed by th british parliament. Buying the stamped paper was equivalent of paying taxs. it was required the colonists to print newspapaper, legal documents ect. on paper bearing special stamp. -
Sons of Liberty
Adamantly opposed the Stamp Act and organized protests against tax collectors. Their most popular objective was to force stamp distibutors throughtout the colonies to resign. -
Townshend Acts
Many influential Americans believed that Parliament had no right to impose any taxes on the colonists. -
Boston Massacre
It was a fight that occared on march 5, 1770, between "patriot"
it was a signal enent leading to the Revolutionary War.
It began when about 50 citizen attecked. -
Boston Tea Party
was a political protest by the son of liberty in Boston. Colonists objected to the tea act because they belived that it violated their rights. -
Intolerable Acts
closed the port of Boston as punishment for the Boston Tea part. Also forced the colonists to house british troops on their propert. -
Quartering Acts
With the growing worries of illegal quartering by the British, the Pennsylvania Assembly met and denied any quartering bill that guaranteed citizens could deny soldiers to stay in private homes. Although Parliament said that these -
first continental congress
1774 to 1789, the continental congress serced as the government of the 13 american coloniest and later the united states. in1775, the socond continental congress convened after the american revolutionary. -
Lexington and Concord
British and American soldiers exchanged fire in the Massachusetts towns of Lexington and Concord.A system of signals and word-of-mouth communication set up by the colonists was effective in forewarning American volunteer militia men of the approach of the British troops. -
Second Continental Congress
The Congress faced the task of conducting a war already in progress. Fighting had begun with the Battle of Lexington and Concord on April 19, and Congress needed to create an official army out of the untrained assemblage of militia laying siege on Boston. -
Common Sense
It was writen by Thomas Paine. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was written by Thomas Jefferson who borrowed phrases from the writter of English philosopher john locke. parts of the Declaration of Independence: 1.A preamble (reason for writing the document) 2. A list of natural rights 3.grievances against the king 3.A reolution of independence. -
Committees of Correspondence
Much of the planning for the first continental congress was carried out by the committees of correspondence. Comittee would exchange written Communications with another Committee with or between the colonies. -
Valley forge
When the Continental Army paraded on May 6, 1778, to celebrate the French alliance with America, von Steuben received the honor of organizing the day's activities. -
battle of saratogo
convinced the French that the Americans had chance of winning the war. When the American Revolutionary War approached the two-year point, the British changed their plans. -
Battle of Yorktown
It was one of the last battle of the American Revolutionary. General Washington commaholed the Americans lieutenant General Rochambeay. -
surrenders of Cornwallis
On this day in 1781, British General Charles Cornwallis formally surrenders 8,000 British soldiers and seamen to a French and American force at Yorktown, Virginia, bringing the American Revolution to a close. -
Treaty of Paris 1783
It ended the American Revolutionary War. United States won its independence from great britain and gained control of land stretching to the Mississippi River. -
Washington Crossing the Delaware
On chrismas night,through sleet and a blinding snowstrom. To stage a surprise attack at the battle of trenton. this victory as well as an experienced european army.
