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Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris was signed by Great Brtiain on February 10th, 1763. This treaty and The Treaty of Hubertusburg terminated the Seven Years War. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act is passed by the British Parliament on March 22nd, 1765. The Stamp Act put taxes on all of the American Colonists which made them pay a tax on all paper that they used. (This even included playing cards.) -
Townshend Acts
In June 1767, the British passed the "Townshend Acts" on the American Colonists. This put taxes on everyday items used by the colonists, such as lead, tea, paper, and paint. -
Boston Massacre
British soldiers kill 5 civilians and injured 6 people. Also known as the "Incident on King Street." -
Tea Act
The Tea Act was an Act that helped British East India Company by moving tea to colonies and selling them below the price of colonial merchants. The Tea Act was passed on May 10th, 1773. -
Boston Tea Party
A group of "Sons of Liberty" dressed as Mohawk Indians and borded 3 ships in Boston Harbor and destroyed over 92,000 pounds of tea. -
Intolerable Acts
These acts closed Boston's port to all trade except food, fuel, and provision for British troops, and expanded power of British appointed governor and appointed a new governing council in Massachusetts. -
First Continental Congress
A group of 56 colonial delegates, (who met in Sep. 1774 in Philadelphia) who made important decisions about the relationship between the colonies and Great Britain. -
Edenton Tea Party
The Edenton Tea Party was one of the most earliest political actions organized by women in the history of the Untied States. Penelope Barker organized, (at Elizabeth King's home) fifty-one women in Edenton, North Carolina. -
Battle at Lexington and Concord
These battles were the first battles of the American Revolutionary War. -
Thomas Gage
A British General who decided to take the minutemen's weapons in April 1775. He was also military commander in the early days of the American Revolution. -
Paul Revere
Paul Revere was an American silversmith, engraver, and early industrialist, but best known for his "Midnight Ride" on the night of April 18th, 1775. Dr. Joseph Warren instructed him to ride to Lexington, Massachusetts, and warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock that British troops were coming to arrest them. On his way there, he alerted the country-side, by stopping at each house and crying out "The regulars are coming." Later, he and two other men were arrested by the British, but later were free. -
Siege of Boston
The Siege of Boston was the opening phase of the American Revolutionary War. It began on April 19th, 1775, and ended on March 17th, 1776. -
Mecklenburg Resolves
The Mecklenburg Resolves, also known as the Charlotte Town Resolves, was a list of statements that was adopted at Charlotte in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina on May 31st, 1775. -
Continental Army
The Continental Army was formed on June 14th, 1775, after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War. It was formed by the colonies that later became the United States of America. -
Bunker Hill
British soldiers defeated the colonists at Bunker Hill on June 17th, 1775 in Massachusetts. Even they were defeated, the colonists inflicted significant casualities against their enemy, which gave them a confidence boost for future conflicts with the British. -
George Washington
George Washington was the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War. He was also one of the founding fathers of the Untied States of America. In June 1775, Congress ordered George Washington to take command of the Continental Army besieghing the British in Boston. -
Olive Branch Petition
The Olive Branch Petition was a petition offered by the colonists for peace in the colonies, which was signed on July 5th, 1775. Later, in November 1775, the colonists latered disocvered that King George III rejected this petition.
(The Olive Branch Petition was given its name because the olive branch was considered a symbol of peace.) -
Second Continental Congress
A group of the representatives from 12 of the 13 colonies, who decided how to react to the fighting. They first met in Summer of 1775, soon after the American Revolutionary War had begun. -
Halifax Resolves
The Halifax Resolves was the first official action in the America Colonies calling independence from Great Britain during the Revolutionary War. The Resolves were adopted by the Fourth Provincial Congress of North Carolina on April 12th, 1776 -
Battle of Charleston
The Battle of Charleston was one of the major battles towards the American Revolutionary War. The British focus was on the southern colonies. Six weeks later, Continental Army General Benjamin Lincoln surrendered about 5,000 soldiers to the British. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4th, 1776 that announced that the 13 American Colonies then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as 13 newly independent sovereign states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. -
Battle of Trenton
The Battle of Trenton was a military conflict between Great Britain and the 13 American Colonies. The Battle was fought on December 26th, 1776, in Trenton, New Jersey. Great Britain was defeated by the American Colonies, while the Hessian army was crushed in Washington's raid across the Delaware River. -
Battle of Ticonderoga
This Battle was fought between the Britians, Hessians, and Brunswickers against the American Colonists. It began on July 2nd, 1777, and ended on July 6th, 1777 with the American Colonists withdrawing hastily from Ticonderoga leaving it in British hands. -
Battle of Kings Mountain
The Battle of Kings Mountain was a decisive battle between the Patriot and Loyalist militias in the southern campaign of the American Revolutionary War. The Battle began on October 7th, 1780 nine miles south of modern day town of Kings Mountain, North Carolina. The Patriots claimed the victory over the Loyalists commanded by British Major Patrick Ferguson. -
Battle of Cowpens
The Battle of Cowpens was a quick victory by the Continental Army forces under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan in the Southern campaign of the American Revolutionary War over the British Army led by Colonel Banastre Tarleton. -
Battle of Yorktown
The Battle of Yorktown took place in Virginia on September 28th, 1781 between the Americans and French against the British. Charles Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington as French and American forces trapped the British at Yorktown. The surrender of the British ended the American Revolutionary War. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris, signed in Paris on September 3rd, 1781 by the representatives of King George III of Great Britain and of the United States of America on September 3rd, 1783 which ended the Revolutionary War.
