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French and Indian War
France and Great Britain had stopped fighting and finally reignited. -
Writ of Assistance
This prevented smuggling. -
Treaty of Paris 1763
The signing of the Treaty of Paris ended the British and French War. -
Proclamation of 1763
This established a boundary along the Appalachians and the colonists were not allowed to cross this line. -
Sugar Act & colonists' response
This act put a lower tax on molasses rather than risk getting arrested when caught smuggling. This lowered the colonial merchants' profits. -
Stamp Act & colonists' response
This act imposed taxes on printed items and documents and soon, colonists came together to defy this law. -
Sons of Liberty is formed & Samuel Adams
Boston shopkeepers, artisans, and laborers organized this secret group to boycott the law, and Samuel Adams led this group and was one of the founders. -
Declaratory Act
This act gave Parliament the right to do whatever they want. -
Townshend Acts & colonists' response
This act taxed goods that were imported from Britain, including tea. -
Boston Massacre
An angry mob of colonists taunted some British soldiers and the soldiers opened fire and killed 5 colonists. -
Tea Act
This act was devised to save the British East India Company from going bankrupt. -
Boston Tea Party
Boston rebels disguised themselves as Native Americans and dumped 18,000 pounds of East India Company's tea into the Boston Harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
The first law shut down Boston harbor. The next one authorized British commanders to house soldiers in vacant private homes and other buildings. The final law was that Boston is rule imposed by military forces. -
First Continental Congress meets
The committees of correspondence got together in response to Britain's actions. -
Minutemen
civilian solders who pledged to be ready to fight the British on a minute's notice -
Second Continental Congress
Debated what to do next, whether it's independence or reconciliation -
Continental Army
The colonial militia, George Washington is the commander -
John Locke's Social Contract
Life, liberty, and property -
Midnight Riders: Revere, Dawes, Prescott
The three midnight riders spread word that 700 British troops were headed for Concord. -
Battle of Lexington
First battle of the Revolutionary War -
Battle of Concord
Dozens of British soldiers died -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The deadliest battle -
Olive Branch Petition
Requested to go back to the former relationship between Britain and the colonies -
Publication of Common Sense
The revolt explained by Thomas Paine -
Loyalists and Patriots
Loyalists opposed independence and patriots advocated independence -
Redcoats push Washington's army across the Delaware River into Pennsylvania
The Continental Army attempted to defend New York -
Declaration of Independence
written by Thomas Jefferson -
Washington's Christmas night surprise attack
Marched to Trenton, New Jersey -
Saratoga
Burgoyne surrendered after the Americans surrounded him -
French-American Alliance
The French signed to an alliance with the Americans -
Valley Forge
Washington and his Continental Army tried to survive the harsh winter -
Friedrich von Steuben and Marquis de Lafayette
helped train the Continental Army -
British victories in the South
captured Savannah and Charles Town -
British surrender at Yorktown
The British were surrounded by American and French Forces, and Cornwallis's strategies were picked up -
Treaty Paris
confirmed U.S. independence and set boundaries for this new nation
