World history chapter 17 Timmin Ryan

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  • Navigation acts

    Restricted use of foreign ships for trade.

  • Colonists

    Colonist population reaches 475000

  • Slaves

    Slaves population reaches 75000

  • Hanging

    50 black slaves were hanged because plan of revolt was revealed.

  • French and Indian war

    War against British and French

  • Sugar act

    Tax on sugar

  • Stamp act

    Imposed direct tax on colonies.

  • Declaratory act

    Accompanied by the stamp act and the changing of the sugar act

  • Townsend act

    To collect revenue from the colonists

  • Boston massacre

    British killed five male civilians.

  • Tea act

    Tax on tea

  • Boston Tea Party

    Political protest dumping taxed tea

  • Intolerable acts

    Passed by britian to punish colonists

  • First continental congress

    Meeting of the delegates of the twelve of thirteen colonies.

  • France enters the war

    France enters the war on the rebels side against britian

  • Coercive act

    Suppress open rebellion

  • "Give me liberty or give me death"

    Patrick Henry made this speech at the Virginia convention.

  • Battle at Lexington & Concorde

    First military engagement of revolutionary war.

  • Second continental congress

    Second group of delegates who met for the thirteen colonies.

  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    During the siege of Boston.

  • Washington crosses the Delaware river

    George Washington crosses the Delaware river to get to a battle.

  • Common Scenes published

    Inspired thirteen colonies to declare and fight for independence.

  • Declaration of Independence

    Announced independence of the thirteen colonies.

  • Ben Franklin to France

    Sets sail for France as ambassador.

  • Battle at Trenton

    Boosted continental army's morales.

  • Battle of Saratoga

    Victory of Americans over the British.

  • Articles of Confederation

    Adopted by continental congress on this date.

  • Winter at valley forge

    Washington holds his army through the terrible winter at valley forge.

  • Battle at Charleston

    Surrender of major general Benjamin Lincoln to the British.

  • Battle at Cowpens

    Battle in South Carolina

  • Battle at Yorktown

    Aka surrender of Yorktown. British surrendered.

  • Peace

    England declares end to hostility

  • Treaty of Paris

    Ending the revolutionary war. Peace treaty.

  • Constitution ratified

    Constitution adopted and signed

  • George Washington elected president

    War general elected first president.