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1754-1763 French and Indian War
The Treaty of Paris ended the French and Indian War. The result of the nine-year war was the French ceded all of their North American possessions to Britain. Their possessions included the east of the Mississippi River. The costs of the war were paid by the new taxes on American colonies. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was made to increase revenues to pay the cost of defending the expanded British Empire. Many colonists did not agree with the Stamp Act and nullified it. -
Quartering Act
American colonies had to provide rooms and food for British soldiers because parliament passed the Quartering Act which states that soldiers have to find a home in any location. -
Declaratory Act
A declaration that stated the British Parliament's taxing authority was the same for America as Great Britain's. -
Townshend Act
Townshend Acts were a series of laws passed from the British to the American colonies -
Committees of Correspondence
British Soldiers come to Boston and enforce new regulations and laws. -
Boston Massacre
The King's troops kill five civilians before the British troops leave Boston. all of the Townshend duties are removed except for the tax on tea. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act passed Parliament and would start the first revolutionary movement in Boston. The act did not raise any new revenues or taxes. -
Boston Tea Party
American colonists get angry about the new tax on tea. Americans disguise themselves and board the British ships and dump three hundred forty-two crates of tea into the Boston Harbour. -
March-June Coercive Acts
Coercive Acts close the port of Boston and allow quartering troops from Britain on private property. -
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First Continental Congress
First Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia to create a strategy to deal with the Coercive acts. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
This battle signaled the start of the American Revolution. Hundreds of British troops marched from Boston to Concord to take the American's weapons and ammunition. -
Second Continental Congress
This was a group of delegates from the thirteen colonies in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They started to meet soon after the American Revolution had begun. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
This was a battle during the Revolutionary War that resulted in the British defeating the Americans. This gave the British more confidence for the Revolutionary War. -
Thomas Paine's Common Sense
Paine's Common Sense was a pamphlet that was made to inspire people in the thirteen colonies to declare and fight for independence from Great Britain. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is a document that was signed by the thirteen colonies to declare independence from Great Britain. It was created to give American's freedom and allowed them to do anything they wanted. -
Battle of Saratoga
This battle was marked as the climax for the war giving America a clear victory over the British. -
Battle of Yorktown
This was the last major battle between the British and America/France. The British Force's lieutenant commanded his troops to surrender to the other troops. America finally got independence and the American Revolutionary War was over. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris was ratified by the Congress of confederation in January of 1784 and the King signed it in April of that year. This formally ended the Revolutionary War -
Cites
https://www.ducksters.com/history/battle_of_lexington_and_concord.php https://www.bostonteapartyship.com › committees-of-correspondence https://www.ducksters.com › history › american_revolution › townshend_acts https://prezi.com/bckcxdatwmk6/american-revolutionary-war-timeline-1763-1783/ https://www.britannica.com/list/timeline-of-the-american-revolution https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/battle-of-bunker-hill
