Chicken or Egg
French and Indian War begins
or
Battle of Saratoga
French and Indian War begins (1754)
Fight for the North American Colonies instead of fighting in Europe. Raise an army of 30,000 for ~1million BPS.
Man tasked by Governor Dinwiddie to instruct French to leave the Ohio River Valley but ended out starting the French and Indian War.
George Washington
1777 Battle which was the turning point of the Revolution.
Battle of Saratoga
Act of Parliament which required every paper product to be taxed and affixed with a seal. It was the first direct tax on individuals and resulted in organized nonimportation agreements and protests across the colonies.
Stamp Act of 1765
Boston Tea Party
or
Boston Massacre
Boston Massacre (05 MAR 1770)
The Treaty of Paris of 1763 resulted in what land trading hands?
France: Gives all land up to Mississippi River and Canada to England, gives Spain New Orleans and all land west of Mississippi River.
Spain trades England Florida for Cuba
Members of the committee tasked to write Declaration of Independence.
John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert Livingston, and Roger Sherman
Opening battles of the Revolutionary War.
Lexington and Concord
Act which proclaimed Parliament’s right to make laws binding in “all cases whatsoever” for colonies
Stamp Act Congress
or
The "Second Revolution"
Stamp Act Congress (1765)
What was the Proclamation of 1763?
Restricted colonist movement across Apalachin mounts despite colonists having just fought for this land in the French and Indian war.
First ambassador to England and first Vice President
John Adams
Battle during the beginning of the Second Continental Congress which both sides claimed a costly victory.
Battle of Bunker Hill
Parliamentary act which taxed paint, paper, tea, lead, and glass - items which the colonies could only import from England.
Townshend Act (1767)
Quasi War
or
Declaration of Independence is passed
Declaration of Independence is pass (4 JUL 1776)
What were some of the major weaknesses of the Articles of Confderation?
Limited ability to tax
Limited ability to raise military
No leader - leadership by committee
Could not control foreign or domestic trade
First President of the United States
Battle in which Continental Army defeated Hessian German mercenaries on 26 DEC.
Battle of Trenton
Tea.
Articles of Confederation are ratified
or
Second Continental Congress begins
Second Continental Congress begins (May 1775)
What two pamphlets did Thomas Paine write that had great impact on the Revolutionary War?
Common Sense and The Crisis
Boston leader of the Sons of Liberty.
Samuel Adams
Final major battle of Revolutionary War
Battle of Yorktown
Proclamation which forbade colonists from crossing into NW territories which were gained during the French and Indian War. Lead to dissatisfaction and distrust with British policy following that war.
Proclamation of 1763