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Treaty of Paris
ended the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain on one side and the United States and its allies on the other. The Treaty of Paris ended the Revolutionary War between Great Britain and the United States, recognized American independence and established borders
Cause: this caused all wars to end
Effect:they felt closer to eachother&the economy was better -
Proclamation of 1763
by King George following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War in which it forbade settlers from settling past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains.The purpose of the proclamation was to organize Great Britain's new North American empire and to stabilize relations with Natives through regulation of trade, settlement, and land purchases on the western frontier.
CAUSE: protected indian land
EFFECT: kept them happy -
The Sugar Act
The British placed a tax on sugar, wine, and other important things. The British did this because they wanted more money; the British wanted this money to help provide more security for the colonies. The security was expensive because of the Indians and fights with foreign powers.
CAUSE: the colonists did boycotts
Effects: the act was reapealed -
The stamp act
The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper. Ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards were taxed. The money collected by the Stamp Act was to be used to help pay the costs of defending and protecting the American frontier near the Appalachian Mountains
CAUSE: this act caused many people to boycott british goods
Effects: They reapealed the stamp act -
Quartering Acts
forced colonial authorities and their families to provide food, fuel, transportation and even shelter to the British military while they were here in America. Families had no choice but to take in soldiers even with their wives and children home. and wives and children were expected to be extremely hospitable to the British army men. If the homes were too small then localities were to house the soldiers in local inns.
CAUSE: soilders had somewhere to live
EFFECT: colonists had to house them -
Boston Massacre
between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. Many colonists were killed in the event.result of tensions that had been growing between the colonist and the English troops since the troops first appeared in Massachusetts. The soldiers were in Boston to keep order, but townspeople viewed them as a threat.
CAUSE: 5 men were killed
EFFECT: other colonists were upset -
Tea Act
a bill designed to save the East India Company from bankruptcy by greatly lowering the tea tax it paid to the British government and, granting it a monopoly on the American tea trade. Because all legal tea entered the colonies through England, allowing the Company to pay lower taxes in Britain also allowed it to sell tea more cheaply in the colonies. Even untaxed Dutch tea, which entered the colonies illegally through smuggling, was more expensive
CAUSE: tea was picked for them
EFFECT: smuggling -
Boston Tea Party
the Boston Tea Party took place on December 16, 1773, when colonists threw tea into the Boston Harbor. They did this because they didn't like the British tea taxes. Adams, Hancock and eighty other men disguised themselves as Natives Americans and threw all the tea into Boston Harbor did not impose any new tax on tea. It would still be taxed the three-penny per pound like it had been or the last six years.
CAUSE: the gov inforced the Intolerable acts
Effect: the colonies were punished severly -
Intolerable Acts
laws that were really punishments that King George III put on the colonies. He did this to the Colonists because he wanted to punish them for dumping tea into the harbor at the Boston Tea Party. a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in relating to Massachusetts. the acts stripped Massachusetts of self-government and historic rights, triggering outrage and resistance in the Thirteen Colonies
CAUSE: strict laws were placed
EFFECT:The colonies were angrys -
1st continental congress
was a meeting of representives from each colonies.at which they discussed and decided what would be done to overcome the wrongs done to each by the British. The representatives gathered to discuss their response to the British "Intolerable Acts." They met to discuss their relationship with Britain, and how to assert their rights with the British government.
Cause: to discuss things about the British
Effect: Formed the Contidental army and wants the Intolerable acts to stop -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
British troops were sent to Concord to capture John Hancock and Samuel Adams, but both men had been warned about the British attack. The night of April 18th, Paul Revere rode through Concord warning everybody about the British attack.After this fight, the British found out that Hancock and Adams had escaped. So the British marched towards Concord looking for ammunition. This was the start of the Revolutionary war.
CAUSE: The Revolutionary war was started
EFFECT: many people died from both sides -
2nd Continental Congress
in 1775, when the Revolutionary war had started. Things were going badly, and the armed forces were disorganized. The Continental Congress created the Continental Army and named George Washington as commander-in-chief. The Congress continued through the summer. They decieded to declare independence from the British. Out of the discussions came the Declaration of Independence.
CAUSE: they decieded to break away from the British
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Battle of Bunker Hill
on June 17, 1775, mostly on and around Breed's Hill, during the Siege of Boston early in the American Revolutionary War.When the British were alerted to the presence of the new position the next day, they mounted an attack against them. After two assaults on the colonial lines were repulsed with significant British casualties, the British finally captured the positions on the third assault.
CAUSE: the british won the fort
EFFECT: the colonists lost the fort -
Common Sense By Thomas Paine
is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that inspired people in the Thirteen Colonies to declare and fight for independence from Great Britain. It was published anonymously on January 10, 1776, at the beginning of the American Revolution and became an immediate sensation. It was sold and distributed widely and read aloud at taverns and meeting places. Washington had it read to all his troops,
CAUSE: more people joined army
EFFECT:They had a stronger bigger army. -
declaration of independence
statement adopted by the Continental Congress which announced that the thirteen American colonies of the Kingdom of Great Britain were newly free and independent states, no longer colonies. The british still thought they ruled them. They wanted not only the people but the whole world to know. This was shipped all over the world.
CAUSE: the states are formed
EFFECT: shapes americans future -
Battle of Long Island (Battle of Brooklyn)
a major victory for the British and defeat for the Americans under General George Washington. It was the start of a successful British campaign that gave the British control of the strategically important city of New York. In the American Revolutionary War it was the first major battle to take place after the United States declared independence in July, 1776. In terms of soldiers, it was the largest battle of the entire conflict.
CAUSE: the britsh had a stronger army
EFFECT: they won the battle -
American Crisis by Thomas Paine
The American Crisis is a collection of articles written by Thomas Paine during the War. Paine wrote Common Sense, a popular and successful pamphlet arguing for Independence from England. The essays collected here constitute Paine's ongoing support for an independent and self-governing America through the many severe crises of the War.Washington found the first essay so inspiring, he ordered that it be read to the troops at Valley Forge
CAUSE: inspiried people
EFFECT: more joined the war -
Battle of Trenton
after General George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River north of Trenton, New Jersey. The hazardous crossing in foggy weather made it possible for Washington to lead the main body against Hessian soldiers garrisoned at Trenton. After a brief battle, nearly the entire Hessian force was captured, with losses to the Americans
CAUSE: the hessians werent ready
EFFECT: the americans won -
Battles of Saratoga
comprising two significant battles during was a crucial victory for the Patriots during the American Revolution and is considered the turning point of the War. The Battles of Saratoga have two main results
convinces eurpoian nations that Americans might win the war
benidict Arnold angry about lack of recognition, betrays his army EFFECT: turning point of the war -
Winter at Valley Forge
Valley Forge in Pennsylvania was the site of the military camp of the American Continental Army over the winter of 1777–1778 during the American Revolutionary War. It is approximately 20 miles northwest of Philadelphia. Starvation, disease, and exposure killed nearly 2,500 American soldiers by the end of February 1778. The winter was very hard on the troops.
CAUSE: the winter was long and hard
EFFECT: 2,500 men died -
Battle of Yorktown
General George Washington, commanding a force of 17,000 French and Continental troops, what is known as the Battle of Yorktown against British General Lord Charles Cornwallis and a contingent of 9,000 British troops at Yorktown, Virginia, in the most important battle of the Revolutionary War.The Americans won this battle.
CAUSE: the americans numbers caught the win
EFFECT: was important to the War -
Treaty of Paris (Revolutionary War)
the united states where independent its boundarys would be mississippi river on the west canada on the north and spanish flordia on the south. Would have rights to fish off of candas atlantic coast. Each side would pay debts to the other. British would return the slave the captured. Congress said they should return land the took from the loyalists. This ended the war
CAUSE: this was signed
EFFECT: ended the war
