-
Period: to
7 years war and pontiacts war
Also called french and Indian war. It started when the french claimed some territory.the Virginia company opposed their expansion and that lead to conflict between the colonies with help from the British and the french who the natives ended up siding with. In 1763 the native American named Pontiac formed an aliance with other tribes and attacked British forts and killed many settlers. in response the settlers retaliated against all the natives Americans. -
Proclamation of 1763
In 1673 the king decided to issue a proclomation in hopes of stooping wars between them and native Americans because were expensive and exaustive. the Proclamation forced colonists to stay east of the appalachian mountains. the colonists did not like that very much. -
New taxes
sugar act the sugar act was a tax on molasses and made stricter smuggling penelties
the quartering act the quartering act forced colonists to house, supply the British soldiers
stamp act Made it so colonists had to buy a stamp for their paper products. suprisingly the colonists didn't like this and proceded to protest and petition against them -
Townsend acts
The Townsend acts taxed imports and gave serch powers if you haven't noticed a pattern yet maybe this will help
the colonists did not like it -
Boston masacere
The Boston masacere was a a conflict between British soldiers and the colonists. It started when the colonists where throwing rocks and waving clubs at at a British soldier a their post and still contiuing when back-up arrived.
The Boston masacere resulted in 5 deaths but thanks to a lawer named John Adams only a few soldiers suffered penelties -
tea act
1973 the tea acts were introduced the tea acts actually lowed the price of tea because it could be shipped directly to the colonies.
the colonists could of like that if not for other things
the tea acts gave a monopoly on tea to the British east India company.
the colonists did not like that so on December 16th of 1973 they dumped a bunch of tea into Boston harbor -
first continental congress
Crazily enough the colonists did not like the intolerable acts so they banded together and formed the first contental congress.
the congress demanded that the intolerable acts were to be repealed. They also wanted people to boycott more things and decided to meet again in May of 1775 if their demands were not met. -
intolerable acts
The intolerable acts where the British's response to the Boston tea party it had multiple effects. They closed the port of Boston stoppying the imports from other nations. They limted the self govering of massatuchess. They also expanded the quartering act. -
"shot heard around the world"
The British marched toconcord to sieze weapons. thanks to people like Paul Revere and William Dawes the colonial malitia also known as minutemen were able to get ready.
The battles of Lexington ton and concord were the first armed conflicts and the first official actions of the war. the colonists were able to force the British to retreat back to Boston dealing a large amount of damage to them. -
second continental congress
it seem like their demands were not met by may of 1775 because they held the second continetal congress.
there were a few key actions that happened that happened at the meeting such as they appointed George Washington. They also began printing money for the war. not on exactly may 1st first that's just for ordering -
early battles
fort ticonderoga An important American victory where they gained control of some waterways and gave them valuable weapons
bunker hill The battle of bunker hill was when the British forces decided to attack breed hill they ended winning the battle but around 1000 soldiers died.
siege of boston Happened of March of 1776 where washington forced the British to evacuate Boston not may 2nd that's just for ordering -
common sense
Pamphets written by Thomas Paine they argued for self governance and the caused support for independence. -
vote for independance
july 7th 1776 is when the continental congress voted for independance in the end with a committee for writing reason they were seperating -
decalareation of independance
the declaration of independence was a declaration written by Thomas Jefferson with a little help from John Adams and Benjamin Franklin that contained infomation about their rights, complaints about the king, and the declaration.
the declaration of independance was approved by congress on July 4th 1776 and it was signed August 2nd -
battle of trenton
the battle of trenton happened on December 26th 1776 it was a victory that boosted American morale. It was a suprise attack on where George washington split the troops. -
battle of saratoga
The battle of saratoga was a major victory and turning point in the war. it happpened in September and October of 1777. The battle was important because it finally convinced France to ally with them. -
Period: to
valley forge
Valley forge was the winter from 1777 to 1778. valley forge was harsh because they had too little clothes, too little food, and a mojor lack of shelter. the
Soldier trained that winter and Other Americans supported the soldiers and they provided support. -
French aliance
The french alliance was in 1778 where the french helped a bit but didnt do much until the colonies proved they could do something.
They were the first to recognize America's independance. -
Yorktown
the battle of yorktown was the bacically the final battle of the war.
in October of 1781 British forces were trapped at yorktown. American and french forces then proceeded to attack while the French navy kept them from escaping by sea. on October 19th the general surrendered which was the end other the war. -
treaty of Paris
The treaty of Paris was signed in Paris and it showed that Britain reconized the us as independent and it defined the nations boundaries in the end the revolution had many effect such as creating a new nation or inspiring other revolutions like the french revolution.