American Revolution: Important Events
Treaty of Paris (French and Indian War)
1763: Ended the French and Indian War.
The Proclamation Line of 1763
1763: Prevented conflict conflict with the Native Americans by stopping the colonist from moving westward without permission.
Committees of Correspondence
1764: This group dealt with the issues colonist had with the British.
Stamp Act
1765: Britain placed taxes on all the stamps and legal documents.
Quartering Act
1765: Required the colonist to provide barrack and supplies to British troops.
Sugar Act
1765: Taxes were placed on sugar and rum.
Declaratory Act
1766: stated that Parliament had the right to tax and make decisions for the colonists in all cases.
Townshend Act
1767: legalize the use of the writs of assistance to assist customer officers in arresting smugglers.
Tea Act
1773: Gave British East India Company the right to ship tea to the colonies with out paying most of the taxes.
1st Continental Congress
1774: Delegates sent a document to the King demanding the right of the colonist to be restored.
Coercive Acts/ Intolerable Acts
1774: Restricted the colonist civil rights including the right to trial by jury.
Battle of Bunker Hill
1775: The British defeated the colonist but the British experience major casualties.
Battle of Saratoga
1777: this battle encourage the French to help the American colonist.
Battle of Yorktown
1781: The Final battle of the American Revolutionary War.
Treaty of Paris (American Revolution)
1783: The US officially wins independence.
Battle of Lexington and Concord — "Shot heard around the world."
April 1775: Two battles that took place between the British and colonial soldiers the first battles of the Revolutionary war.
Boston tea party
December 1773: A group of angry colonists dressed as Native Americans dumped 342 boxes of tea into the Boston Harbor.
Thomas Paine's Common Sense
January 1776: It inspired many colonist; the pamphlet called for a complete independence from Great Britain.
Declaration of independence
July 4, 1776: The declaration was signed which gave colonist complete freedom.
Boston massacre
March 5, 1770: When British soldiers fired into a crowd killing five.
2nd Continental Congress
May 1775: The Congress appointed a committee to write the Declaration of Independence.
