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Unit 2 timeline
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French and indian war1754-1763
It was a war between the england and french.they fought over control of the north america territories.George washington started the war.George Killed a French officer! -
Tready of paris
It was a tready to stop the war in 1763. This Tready Put a end to the war. It was signed agreeing that no more war would happen. -
Proclaimation of 1763
Britian wanted to advoid fighting with th native americans. So the colonist was rebidden from the applachian mountains. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was when the the taxes became a big issue.A Tax was placed on sugar products. It did not affect very many. But ideas of taxes was a growing issue. -
Stamp Act
A Tax was on legal papers (Documents,newspapers,wills, and every paper that was used. The Stamp act congress was formed to organize boycott. it was eventually repealed. -
Quartering Acts
The colonists had to porvide housing,food,blankets.etc for the british soldiers. No one liked to do it, Ir was pretty much hated. But only little was ever done. -
Writs of assistance
custom officers could search the ships will.Few of the colonies were afftected by this. Maerchants thought this invated their privacy. -
Townshend Acts
Taxes on various household items (Glass,lead,tea,paper,silk,) Boy cots evenally reapaled. The colonists boy cotted through the non importational agreement. Eventually repealed. -
Boston Massacre
A mob was confronted the british solidiers.At boston customs house.Two soliders were founded guilty of man slaughtering. Six of them were not found guilty. -
Tea Act
The Tea Merchants in colonies were cut out of trade. The British east india colony lowerd the tea prices. The company controlled the tea prices/tea sales in the colonies -
Boston Tea Party
The Sons Of Liberty had to dump 90,000 pounds of the tea. The Tea was dunped into boston harbor. The Introlerable acts soon started after that. -
1st continental congress
They met in Philidalphia,The colonists presented there were united in a determination. The other colonists voices were defensive of colonists rights. -
Introlerable Acts
Colonies couldent hold town meetings. The port of boston was closed down. It was the first contintional congress meets. -
Lexington
Where they would capture conial leaders in lexington, Sam adoms, John Hancock. Then concord would they would use sieze gunpowder. Britians general gage had a secret Plan. -
Concord
then Concord, where they would seize gunpowder.Their efforts at Lexington and Concord inspired many patriots to take up arms against Britain.We set off for Concord, and were overtaken by a young gentleman named Prescot, who belonged to Concord. -
2nd continental congress
it was agreed to a continental army was created The Congress commissioned George Washington.the professional imperial army was attempting to arrest patriot leaders, and minutemen had been killed in their defense. -
Ft.Ticonderoga
Fort Carillon, is a large 18th-century star fort built by the Canadians and the French at a narrows near the south end .threatened the Continental Army troops, leading them to withdraw from the fort and its surrounding defenses. -
Buncker Hill
The British had light guns and were supported by the heavy guns of the fleet.The Americans were armed with muskets or whatever firearms they could obtain, a few bayonets and some light guns.With the outbreak of the war General Gage, the British commander in chief, found himself blockaded in Boston by the American Continental Army. -
Comon Sense
Thomis Pain Wrote Comon sense.Published in 1776, Common Sense challenged the authority of the British government and the royal monarchy. The plain language that Paine used spoke to the common people of America and was the first work to openly ask for independence from Great Britain -
Battle of newyork
British troops landed on Staten Island.Two hundred fifty American troops were surronded.They fought bravely, but were soon overwhelmed. -
Declartion of independance
then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. issued the Declaration of Independence in several forms. approved on July 4, the date of its signing was August 2 -
Battle of trenton
during the American Revolutionary War.The battle significantly boosted. The Continental Army's flagging morale. -
Battle of Princeton
The British wore red coats and headgear of bearskin caps. leather caps or tricorne hats depending on whether the troops. Were grenadiers -
Battle of saragoa
Saratoga was the turning Point of the revolutionary war,
Burgoyne again began his advance south.But was stopped about 10 miles below Saratoga. -
winter at vally forge 1777-1778
Philadelphia. Named for an iron forge on Valley Cree., The area was close enough to the British to keep their raiding and foraging parties. out of the interior of Pennsylvania,,yet far enough away to halt the threat of British. -
Battle of yorktown
Both sides were armed with muskets and guns. The back country riflemen carried long, small calibre rifles. Weapons of considerably greater accuracy than the ordinary musket.And which their owners used with proficiency. -
Treaty of Paris
two days before the preliminary articles of peace were signed on November 30, 1782.the United States, recognized American independence.ended the Revolutionary War between Great Britain with united states.
