Unit 2 time line

  • French and Indian war

    French and Indian war
    The French and Indian War began in 1754 and they fought over land that is now the United States and Canada.
  • The proclamation Line

    The proclamation Line
    This proclamation prohibited Anglo-American colonists from settling on land acquired from the French.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act
    This act required colonists to pay taxes on every page of printed paper they used.
  • Townshend act

    Townshend act
    The Townshend Act put taxes on things brought into the colonies.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    Seven British soldiers fired into a crowd of Bostonians, killing five, wounding another six, and angering an entire colony.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    This event happened as an act of political defiance against taxation without representation.
  • Tea Act

    Tea Act
    This law was created to control the trade and delivery of tea. The British also needed money so it added a tax on tea.
  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress
    This was a meeting by the colonies in response to the intolerable acts that the British enforced.
  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    Battle of Bunker Hill
    The American Patriots were defeated at the Battle of Bunker Hill, but they proved they could hold their own against the British army.
  • Lexington and Concord

    Lexington and Concord
    This event marked the start of the American War of Independence. It persuaded many Americans to support the cause of independence.
  • Second Continental Congress

    Second Continental Congress
    The Continental Congress had two main goals. One was to create a more fair and representative government than the British Parliament. Another was to create a currency and trade relations with other nations.
  • Common Sense Phamphlet

    Common Sense Phamphlet
    This made a clear case for independence and directly attacked political and economic obstacles to achieving it.
  • Battle of Trenton

    Battle of Trenton
    This was a very important battle for the Americans. Washington took his army across the Delaware River to launch a surprise attack on the Hessian garrison.
  • Declaration of independence

    Declaration of independence
    The Declaration of Independence was built on the American settlers' common goals of unity, freedom, and protection of individual rights.
  • Valley Forge

    Valley Forge
    Valley Forge was a winter encampment of the Continental Army, under the command of George Washington. This camp lasted for six months during the Revolutionary war.
  • Battle of Saratoga

    Battle of Saratoga
    The Saratoga was the turning point in the war. The American defeat of the British army lifted patriot morale and furthered hope for independence.
  • France formed an alliance with US

    France formed an alliance with US
    On Feb 1778 France formed an alliance with the US. They were the first nation to sign a treaty with the US.
  • Capturing Key city of Savannah

    Capturing Key city of Savannah
    The British captured the key city of Savannah and within a month they controlled most of Georgia.
  • Yorktown

    Yorktown
    Supported by the French Washiton's forces defeated Charles Cornwallis' veteran army dug in at Yorktown, Virginia.
  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris
    This treaty was signed between American colonies and Great Britain, it ended the American Revolution and formally recognized the United States as an independent nation.