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Proclamation Act
In North America after the end of the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War, King George III forbade all settlement past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. This was not prevent any Native American conflict between the colonist. -
The Stamp Act
An act of the Parliament of Great Britain that imposed a direct tax on the colonies of British America and required colonist to purchase special stamped paper for every legal document, license, newspaper, pamphlet, ect. -
Stamp Act Protest
The colonist united in their defiance. Boston shopkeepers, artisans, and laborers organized a secret resistance group called the sons of liberty. They harassed custom workers, stamp agents, and sometimes royal governors. One of their famous founders was Samuel Adams. -
Quartering Act
the American colonies were to provide the British soldiers with any needed accommodations or housing. It also required colonists to provide food for any British soldiers in the area. -
Stamp Act Repealed
Parliament repealed the Stamp Act from all the colonial protest, but on the same day, to make it clear, Parliament issued the Declaratory Act. -
The Boston MAssacre
That evening a mob gathered in front of the Customs House and taunted the British guards throwing snowballs and rocks. Leading to a British soldier firing at them against orders, killing five and injuring six. The incident was heavily propagandized by leading Patriots stating that it was a British attack on defenseless citizens -
The Tea Act
This was an Act from Parliament of Great Britain. The principal objective was to reduce the massive amount of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company, to help the struggling company survive. -
The Boston Tea Party
A group of Massachusetts colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians board three British tea ships moored in Boston Harbor and dump 342 chests of tea into the water -
The Tea Act
This was an Act from Parliament of Great Britain. The principal objective was to reduce the massive amount of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company, to help the struggling company survive. -
The Intolerable Acts
Parliament responded by passing a series of punishable laws after the Boston Tea Party. They shut down Boston Harbor because the colonist refused to pay for the damage they caused. -
The First Continental Congress
The committees of correspondence assembled the First Continental congress, had a meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies that met on September 5 to October 26, 1774, at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution. -
Lexington and Concord
when British troops are sent to confiscate colonial weapons, they run into an untrained and angry militia. They then engaged in a battle, they defeat 700 British soldiers and the surprise victory bolsters their confidence for the war ahead. -
Common Sense
In Common Sense the colonist Thomas Paine attacked king George lll, he declared that the time had come for the colonist to proclaim an independence, which was the American destiny. This would allow America to trade freely with other nation and win foreign aid from British enemies. -
The Second Continental Congress
Colonial leaders convened a second continental congress in Philly to debate their next move. The congress agreed to recognize the militiamen as a continental army, and appointed George Washington as their commander. -
The Battle of Bunker Hill
Gage sent out 2,400 troops. While colonist held their fire until the last minute, attacking the British army three times. the third assault failed, but only because the militiamen ran low on ammunition. -
The Olive Branch Petition
It was an attempt to assert the rights of the colonists while maintaining their loyalty to the British crown. King George rejected the petition, stating the colonist were in reblellion and urged parliament to order a naval blockade of the American coast. -
A Turning Point
The Saratoga victory bolstered French trust in the American army, so France agreed to support the Revolution. They recognized American Independence and signed a treaty of cooperation. The French agreed not to make peace with Britian unless they also recognized American independence -
The Declaration of Independence
Written by Thomas Jefferson, was a statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House. Which announced that the thirteen American colonies were no longer under British rule. Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. -
The Battle of Treton
Was a small but pivotal battle during the American Revolutionary War. The American soldiers marched nine miles to Trenton. In a surprise attack the Americans killed 30 of the enemy, and took 918 captives and six Hessain cannons. -
Victory of Saratoga
The Battle of Saratoga was the turning point of the Revolutionary War. Burgoyne convinced the London high command to allow him to pursue a complex scheme. The plan failed and lead to him surrendering his battered army to general Gates. -
Valley Forge
Valley Forge was the military camp 18 miles northwest of Philadelphia where the American Continental Army spent the winter of 1777 and 1778 during the American Revolutionary War. Many suffered from exposure and frostbite, Of the 10,000 soildiers who braved the wind, snow, and hunger, more than 2000 died. -
European Allies Shift the Balance
Friedrich Von Steuben volunteered his services to general Washington and make the continental army a more effective fighting force. While Marquis de Lafayette a brave 20-year old French aristocrat also offered his assistance. He suffered with the army at vally forge and led a command in Virginia in the last years of the war. -
The British Move South
The British began to move south in hopes to rally Loyalist support, then reclaim their former colonies, and slowly make their way back North. -
Egalitarianism
During the war class distinctions between rich and poor had begun to blur as the wealthy wore homespun clothing and military leaders showed respect for all men. This impacted American society but didn't last long since it only applied to white males. -
Benedict Arnold
First a Patriot soldier and leader, helped defend New England and then served as the American commandant of Philly. But later a trader, he shifted his allegiance to Great Britain, and found guilty of using government supplies for personal use. -
Britian Loses in 1781
Washington ordered Nathanael Grreene, his Ablest general, to march south and harass Cornwallis as he retreated. This resulted in the continental army fighting back, and forcing the redcoats to surrender. Angered Cornwallis attacked Greene mouths later at Guilford Court House, costing his nearly a fourth of his troops. -
Siege of Yorktown
This was the last war of the American Revolution. 17,000 French and American troops surrounded the British on the Yorktown peninsula and bombarded them day and night. The seige of Yorktown lasted three weeks, then finally Cornwallis raised the white flag of surrender. -
Financing the War
The congress appointed a rich Philadelphia merchant named Robert Morris as superintendent of finance. Morris and Salomon both begged and borrowed on their personal credit to raise money to provide salaries for the continental army . September 8, 1781 the troops were finally paid in specie, or gold coins. -
Treaty of Paris
Representatives of four nations, the U.S, Greta Britain, France, and Spain. They joined the negotiations with each nation looking out for its own interest.The delegates signed the Treaty of Paris, which confirmed The United States of America independent an set the boundaries of the new nation. -
Slavery After the War
Most African American were still enslaved, an those who were free mostly faced discrimination and poverty. However many Northern states had taken steps to outlaw slavery. But Southern states, were slavery was more entrenched, did not outlaw slavery.
