unit 2 Flee Map

By garretthilliard1

  • French and Indian War

    1. was acctually between England and France. 2. each side wanted more land. 3. it started when george washington killed a french officer.

  • Treaty of Paris

    1.ended the french and indian war. 2. england insisted on winning the war. 3. england claims all of new frances land.

  • proclamation of 1763

    1. it prevented moving west of the appalaichian mountains. 2.

  • sugar act 1764

    1. this placed a tax on sugar and molasses. 2. this was created to stabalize relation ships with the native americans. 3. colonists' became concerned about the intent of the british parliament and helped the growing movement, that became the american revolution

  • stamp act

    1. this placed a tax on all paper goods. 2. colonists' boycotted all stamped paper goods. 3. the colonists' repealed the act.

  • Townshend acts

    1. series of acts passed in 1767

  • writs of assistance 1767

    1. allowed british authorities to search houses unannounced.

  • Boston massacre

    1. multiple colonists' were killed. 2. the british shot, even though they werent going to. 3

  • Tea act

    1. this placed a tax on tea products in the colonies. 2. this caused the boston tea party. 3.

  • Boston tea party

    1. the tea act caused this to happen. 2. clonists' dressed as native americans and dumped tea off of a boat. 3.

  • Quartering act

    1. this allowed the british to stay in someones house un-anounced

  • The First Continentel Congress

    1. the americans discussed the "intolerable acts" 2. wanted to compose a statement of continental rights. 3. they wanted to find british parliaments that violate their rights

  • Intolarable acts 1774

    1. multiple acts passed by the british government.

  • Lexington and Concord

    1. The british troops had orders to arrest the sons of liberty. 2. paul revere warned "the british are coming!". 3.british overpowered the minute men.

  • The Second Contienental conress

  • Bunker Hill

    1. British marched up bunker hill to remove the continental army. 2. "dont shoot until you see the whites of their eyes". 3. British won bunker hill.

  • Common Sense

    1.Thomas Paine published a booklet called Common sense 2. this booklet was to encourage the colonists to rebel 3.The booklet was broadly circulated, and even george washington read it.

  • Battle of new york

    1. british wanted to capture new york city. 2. british attacked washingtons army, and inflicted heavy caualties 3. british occupied new york for the rest of the war

  • Declaration of independence

    1. is recognized as the birth of america. 2. was written by thomas jefferson. 3. was a fundemental change in the view of the government.

  • Battle of trenton

    1. washington took 2,500 soldiers across the delaware river in a snow storm. 2 not a single american was killed 3. this majorly increased morale among the soldiers.

  • Battle of Princeton

    1. washington and his troops had the win of their previous battle fresh in their minds. 2. they were victorious again.

  • Winter at vally forge

    1. for the first few months the soldiers lived in tents that provided little protection from the 2. the soldiers lacked proper clothing. 3. when they had to go out in the cold they would share clothes.

  • Battle of Saratoga

    1. was the turning point in the for the americans. 2. benjamin franklin helped negotiate treaty. 3. general haratio gates surrounded

  • Battle of York Town

    1. cornwallis and his troops were surrounded by the americans and french. 2. general cornwallis and 8000 troops surrendered. 3. this marked the end of the war.

  • Treaty of Paris

    1. britain had to recongnize the americans as independant. 2. britain had to remove all of there troops out of america. 3. america agreed to pay all existing debts to britain