Unit 2 Topics

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  • French and Indian War

    1.A war between the French and British armies. 2.Both sides contained Indian allies.
    3.The war ended because of the Treaty of Paris 1763.

  • Treaty of Paris

    1.Ended the French and Indian war.
    2.Happened in the year 1763.
    3.It was decided in Paris, France.

  • Proclamation of 1763

    1.Banned American colonist to move west of the Appalachian Mountains.
    2.Happened in the year 1763.
    3.Was created to protect American colonist.

  • Sugar Act

    1.Placed taxes on sugar.
    2.Placed taxes on molasses.
    3.Angered the colonists.

  • STAMPACT

    1. Required to pay tax on all printed paper goods.
    2. Angered the colonists.
    3. Was used to pay to protect/defend the American frontier near the Appalachian Moutains.

  • Quartering Act

    1.Allowed soliders to stay at you're house without them paying you.
    2.You had to feed them, give them shelter and be nice to them.
    3.These soliders were mean.

  • Writs of Assistance

    1. Is a document.
    2. Gave British soliders the right to search a colonists house for goods that have been smuggled or illegally purchased.
    3. Angered the colonists.

  • Townshend Act

    1. Angered the colonists.
    2. Was designed to collect revenue from the colonists.
    3. The colonists then protested on this act.

  • Boston Massacre

    1. Angered the colonists.
    2. 5 colonists were dead after this event.
    3. It had happened on the street.

  • Tea Act

    1. It would launch the final spark to the revolutionary movement in Boston.
    2. The act was not intended to raise revenue in the American colonies.
    3. In fact it imposed new taxes.

  • Boston Tea Party

    1. The colonists dressed up as Indians.
    2. The colonists went aboard ships containing tea to dispose of it.
    3. They dumped all the tea into the waters.

  • Intolerable Acts

    1. It was caused by the Boston Tea Party.
    2. It angered the colonists.
    3. Banned the colonies from grouping together.

  • 1st Continenetal Congress

    1. They drafted the Olive Branch Petition.
    2. All the colonies except Georgia delegates.
    3. Met since September 5th to October 26, 1774.

  • Lexington

    1. The first shot was fired here.
    2. 8 colonist were killed.
    3. They failed epicly.

  • Concord

    1. Happened after Lexingotn.
    2. Happened at Concord.
    3. American vs. British.

  • 2nd Continental Congress

    1. Gathered in Philadelphia.
    2. Elected George Washington Commander in Chief of the Continental Army.
    3. They had several new delegates.

  • Bunker Hill

    1. British won.
    2. 226 British soliders were killed.
    3. Over 800 were wounded.

  • Ft. Ticonderoga

    1. Lieutenant General John Burgoyne was there.
    2. he had an 8,000 man army.
    3. British vs. Americans.

  • Common Sense

    1. Written by Thomas Paine.
    2. Published anonymously on January 10, 1776.
    3. Became an immediate success.

  • Battle of New York

    1. It happened in New York.
    2. British vs. Americans.
    3. Happened in 1776

  • Declaration of Independence

    1. Declared Independence.
    2. Drafted by Thomas Jefferson.
    3. One of the nation's most cherished symbol of liberty.

  • Battle of Trenton

    1. America won.
    2. British vs. Americans.
    3. The victory inspired rebels.

  • Battle of Princeton

    1. Happened in Princeton, New Jersey.
    2. Princeton is the same name as a college.
    3. American won this battle.

  • Battle of Saratoga

    1. Was a turning point in the war.
    2. America won this battle.
    3. For its victory America gained the French as an ally.

  • Winter at Valley Forge

    1. Located in Pennsylvania.
    2. Happened during 1777-1778.
    3. Military camp for the Continental Army.

  • Battle of Yorktown

    1. The final battle.
    2. French helped the American armies.
    3. We could not have won without our French allies.

  • Treaty of Paris

    1. Officially ended the Revolutionary war.
    2. Has the same name as the other document that ended the French and Indian War.
    3. Was a major event in history.