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- Reflected an imperialistic attitude of  both France and England
- Colonists were forced into the military service for England
- England wins, but because the war had cost a lot of money, taxes needed to be payed for by the colonists
- Lead to the Proclamation of 1763

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- Prohibited settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains, a region that was costly for the British to protect
- This region was where all the displaced Natives are pushed out by England
- Issued by King George III, was meant to protect colonists from Indian rampages, and shield Native Americans from increasingly frequent attacks by white settlers

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- British law that taxes molasses and anything with sugar in it
- Modified version of the Sugar and Molasses Act (1733)
- Enforced tax on molasses caused an almost immediate decline in the rum industry in the colonies

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- A law in which British Parliament established a direct tax on all printed materials made in the colonies to prevent dissention from being printed in the colonies
- Colonists thought the act was unconstitutional and they resorted into mob violence to intimidate stamp collectors into resigning
- Parliament repealed the act in 1766, but issued a Declaratory Act at the same time to reaffirm its authority to pass any colonial legislation it saw first

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-It was hardly a massacre but it was portrayed that way to fan the anti-British flame into a full blown revolution
- Colonists were growing increasingly angry over the many taxes to pay for a war they didn't want
- A mob of colonists surrounded British troops and were taunting and throwing things
-The British commander was yelling to not fire but tensions caused a soldier to shoot and the rest followed
- This event fuels fire for independence and anger towards John Adams

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- British law that allowed the British East India company to ship their goods directly to the colonies and sell their tea at a bargain price
- Lead to the Boston Tea Party
- The main purpose of this act was not to raise revenue from the colonies but to bail out the floundering East India Company, a key factor in the British Economy

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- Group of colonists dressed as natives (as a slap in reference to the French and Indian War) and boarded East India ships
- They threw everything off board into the Boston Harbor
- Most of the cargo was tea which was being sold to colonists at extreme prices and with an additional tax courtesy of the King of England
- This act was done to protest tax, and to remind the king who started all this

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1st Continental Congress,     October 1774

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1st Continental Congress,     October 1774

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- Convened in Philadelphia
- All 13 colonies except Georgia sent representatives to discuss the events and taxes, and whether or not independence was what they needed
-All colonies agreed something needed to be done, but not all wanted wanted war
*New England wanted seperation
*Middle was mixed
*South wanted to seek a resolution
*ALL wanted to make king and parliament understand their grievances
- Agreed to meet in one year if the grievances were not met by the king

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Lexington and Concord,         April 1775

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Lexington and Concord,         April 1775

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- The first armed conflicts of the revolutionary war, and marks the beginning of the war
- 6 months after the 1st continental congress said to wait a year
- England thought they would "sneak" in and destroy the supplies of the colonists at Lexington and Concord, but the colonists were warned and ready
- Famous ride of Paul Revere, how the colonist knew they were coming

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2nd Continental Congress, September 1775

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2nd Continental Congress, September 1775

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- Agreeance that the colonists must respond to military threat from Britain
- Continental Army was created and General George Washington was given command
- STILL, wanted to find peace with England, and asked for a truce but George sent mercenaries instead to stop the civil unrest

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Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776

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Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776

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- Adopted on July 2nd, but wasn't signed until July 4th
- Declared once and for all that the colonies were free and independent states
- Written by Thomas Jefferson, and was signed by 56 delegates from the 13 colonies
- Jefferson had attempted to end slavery but it was turned down
- Set the idea of alienable rights (rights that cannot be dented to American citizens)
- BIGGEST ACT OF TREASON

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- Turning point in war
- Americans figured out that you can't line up and shoot at the British on an open battlefield and went to guerilla warfare
- First major American victory, and boosts American morale and belief in the war

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Siege of Yorktown, September-October 1781

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Siege of Yorktown, September-October 1781

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- Last Battle
- This was the colonial victory over forces of Lord Cornwallis that marked the end of the Revolutionary War
- The key to winning this battle was the French troops and naval reinforcements
- Washington made a key decision and held Cornwallis captive until the British agreed to end the conflict by signing a surrender

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- England sent two delegates to Paris to negotiate a peace treaty but they refused to stay longer than necessary
- Terms were reached and the treaty was signed into effect
- This treaty recognized America as a free and independent country for the first time ever
- Seal allied partnership between America and England

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- Convinces George Mason to write the Virginia Declaration of Rights
- Becomes the model for the Declaration of Independence and is also the reason congress asks him to write this pivotal document
- Uses Locke and Paine in his writing to end colonial dependence from Great Britain

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- Signer of the Declaration of Independence, governor of Massachusetts
- President of the 2nd Continental Congress

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- Captured the moment the Boston Massacre
- Informed the colonies that the British were coming after the battle at Lexington & Concord
- Patriot leader and symbol of the American Revolution

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- Wrote a pamphlet, Common Sense, that challenged the rule of the American Colonies by the King of England
- He wrote Common Sense to let average Americans know what's going on with both wars
- English born, migrates to America

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- Served in the 2nd Continental Congress
- Helped draft the Declaration of Independence in 1776
- Negotiated the Treaty of Paris that ended the Revolutionary War

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- After the Boston Massacre, he defended the British Troops
- Member of the first and second continental congress
-Elected George Washington for Commander-in-Chief for the Continental Congress

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- Surrendered to George Washington and his troops at the Battle of Yorktown
- He was held captive in America for 2 years before being sent back to England
- Cornwallis was second in command to General Henry Clinton during the Revolutionary War

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- Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War
- George Washington was nominated by John Adams to serve as Commander-in-chief
- Believed that they were going to lose the war, but it changed at ththe Battle of Saratoga
- Before this Washington had never commanded an army this large

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- Ascended the British Throne in 1760
- King during the French and Indian War, and led England's successful resistance to Revolutionary and Napoleonic France
- Lost in the American Revolution