Unit 2 Timeline

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    unit 2 timeline

  • French + Indian War

    1. Fought between England and France.
    2. Fought over land in North America.
    3. It started over an indian (lead by George Washington) killed a French Officer.

  • Treaty of Paris

    1. Ended the French and Indian war.
    2. Britain claimed all the land east of the Mississippi.
    3. England was determined to win the war.

  • Proclamation of 1763

    1. Britain didnt let the colonist settle west of the Appalachian so they sent troops to "protect' the colonist.
    2. Britain was mad at the colonist because they didnt pay for their protection.
    3. This was the first time the colonist were mad at England.

  • Sugar Act

    1. It was the first tax on goods that Britain placed on the colonies.
    2. They placed it on the colonies so they could get out their debt from the French and Indian war.
    3. It was a tax on sugars

  • STAMP ACT

    1. It was a tax placed in paper and paper products.
    2. The tax made the colonist mad so they boycotted all paper goods.
    3. As a result of the boycott the Brittish government gets rid of the act.

  • Quartering Act

    1. It gave British soliders the right to live in colonist house. 2.It was suposed to save the british government.
    2. The colonist get mad because they would rather have them ask then they say whether or not. The Brittish government then reples the law.

  • Writs of Assistance

    1. It allowed officers to search any ship without a reason.
    2. Enforced acts of trade.
    3. It also allowed them to also check ware houses and private house.

  • Townshend Acts

    1. Put taxes on houshold objects.
    2. Colonists quiet trade with Britan
    3. They sooon repealed the act.

  • Boston Massacre

    1. Colonists were rioting against Britain.
    2. British soliders killed 5 colonists.
    3. Crispus attucks was killed durning it.

  • Tea Act

    1. A tax on tea.
    2. Britain sold tea at a low price but still had the tax on it.
    3. It didnt have any new taxes.

  • Boston Tea Party

    1, The sons of liberty through tea into the boston harbor.
    2. They did this because of the tea act.
    3. It made Britain pass the Intolerable acts.

  • Intolerable Acts

    1. Closed the Boston Harbor.
    2. Stopped the commity of corenspondence.
    3. Was a result of the Boston Tea Party.

  • 1st Continental Congress

    1. Colonists got toegether to do something about the Intolerable Acts.
    2. Colonists banned all trade with Britain.
    3. They started to train troops.

  • Concord

    1. One of the first battles fought in the revoltion.
    2. Where the British troops went after the battle of Lexington.
    3. Where the first few shots were fired.

  • Lexington

    1. First shots fired for the Revolution. 2.700 British troops and 70 Militiamen.
    2. The phrase "Shots heard around the world."

  • Ft. Ticoneroga

    1. It was won without bloodshed.
    2. They were taken by surprise.
    3. The battle was won by the colonies.

  • 2nd Continental Congress

    1. Where George Washington is named commanding General of the Continental Army.
    2. Moved toward Independence.
    3. Raised armies and directed stratgies.

  • Bunker Hill

    1. Battle over two hills near the boston harbor.
    2. The patriots were low on supplies and they were ordered by teir commander to "Dont shoot till you see the whites of their eyes."
    3. The Brittish won but with many casualties.

  • Common Sense

    1. It was written by Thomas Paine.
    2. It increased support of Independence in the colonies.
    3. Thomas Paine thought it was stupid for America the be governed by a government across the ocean.

  • Declaration of Independence

    1. It was written by Thomas Jefferson.
    2. It was based on the philosophy created by John Locke.
    3. Independence was declared.

  • Battle of New York

    1. Brittish wanted to capture New York.
    2. Brittish attacked Washingtons army but Washington escaped.
    3. Brittish won and would have New York for the rest of the war.

  • Battle of Trenton

    1. Washington launched a surprise attack on the Hessians.
    2. He crosses the Delaware River.
    3. He captures 800 Hessians without losing one man.

  • Battle of Princeton

    1. Washington captures 300 Brittish soliders.
    2. The patriots win.
    3. Washingtons troops force the Brittish soliders to surrender.

  • Battle of Saratoga

    1. It is considered the turning point of the Revolution.
    2. Burgoyne surrendered his army to the americans.
    3. The Americans were soon joined in the war by France and Spain.

  • Winter at Valley Forge

    1. Washington and his men spent the winter here.
    2. His troops needed warm clothes and food.
    3. Many people died there.

  • Battle of Yorktown

    1. Washington had set a trap for Cornwallis and his troops.
    2. When Cornwallis went to leave in his ships a French fleet of ships came in keeping him trapped.
    3. Cornwallis eventually surrenders leaveing the Americans in victory of the war.

  • Treaty of Paris

    1. The U.S. is now recognized as a independant state.
    2. It gained all land East of the Mississippi river.
    3. U.S. gave land back to all the loyalists