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The French and Indian War Begins
The French and Indian war was fought over the Ohio River valley. They both wanted the resources and trade that they both had claim to. -
Albany Plan of Union
It was a plan to put the colonies under a more centralized government. -
Benjamin Franklin creates the "Join, or Die" cartoon
It was a political cartoon made to help the colonist unite and join forces to stop the British. Because you are always stronger together and a snake in pieces will die. -
The Massacre of Fort Loudoun
It was a major trading post in Tennessee at the time. The Indians captured and killed the British colonists in the fort. -
1st Treaty of Paris
It ended the war between the British and French. They also signed over Spanish Florida and all of the French territory in America to the British. -
The Proclamation Line of 1763
It was a geographical line that kept the colonist from crossing it the west past the Appalachian Mountains -
The Quartering Act
It required the colonies to house British soldiers and the colonist had to supply everything. The colonist saw this as a way of taxes. -
The Stamp Act
It was made to help pay for British troops stationed in the colonies during the Seven Years' War. It made the colonist pay for the documents that they needed. -
Sons of Liberty
They were a secret organization who organized boycotts and protests -
The Declaratory Act
It made the colonist members of the British government but they had no representation. The chanted no taxation without representation. The British government could now make laws and do as they pleas to the colonists. -
The Townsend Acts
The British were taxing colonists for items such as tea and paper. There are many more items -
The Boston Massacre
It was a protest, but one soldier felt something and fired his gun causing the others to fire, only five people were killed. -
Tea Act
It was the cause of the Boston Tea Party. It put restriction on the tea that was sold. -
Boston Tea Party
It was a mercantile protest organized by the Sons of Liberty. -
Intolerable/Coercive Acts
It was a series of 4 laws made to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party. One law included shutting down the Boston Harbor. -
First Continental Congress meets
They decided that if the British did not remove the Coercive Acts then they would boycott British goods. They agreed to meet again in one year. -
Lexington and Concord
They were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. The militia used guerilla warfare to fight the British troops. -
Battle of Bunker (Breed's) Hill
It was fought during the siege of Boston, during the early stages of the American Revolution. The colonists had the British surrounded on the hills surrounding Boston. -
Second Continental Congress meets
They meet to discuss breaking away from great Britain, the answer was yes. They decided on Thomas Jefferson to be the main author. -
Continental Army is formed
It was formed by the Continental Congress, George Washington was the leader of the army. -
Thomas Paine writes Common Sense
It was wrote in order to show colonists what was happening, and to help gain their support in the war for independence. He was trying to give some "Common Sense". -
Battle of Trenton and Princeton
George Washington crossed to Delaware River leading an army, and defeated the British Army. This boosted morale in the Continental Army. -
Declaration of Independence is issued
This showed Britain and the rest of the world that the 13 colonies were no longer part of the British empire. -
Battle of Saratoga
The victory prompted France to sign a Treaty of Alliance. The Frenches support greatly help in future battles. -
Battle at Kings Mountain
It was a military engagement between Patriots and Loyalists. It was fought in South Carolina. -
Battle of Yorktown
Troops from the Continental Army trapped British troops on a peninsula at Yorktown and laid siege. The British surrender effectively ended the Revolutionary War. -
British surrender
The British surrendered at the battle of Yorktown. It effectively ended the war. -
2nd Treaty of Paris
Britain recognized American independence, florida returned to Spain, British to return escaped slaves in Canada, U.S. to return property to Loyalists, British to leave frontier forts Set U.S.-Canada border – U.S. reached Mississippi River,
American fishermen allowed to fish in Canadian waters.