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Revolutionary Era, Era III
U.S. History:
1754
-63
French & Indian War
1763
1770
1773
1175
Treaty of Paris
Boston Massacre
Boston Tea Party
Shot Heard Round
the World
Declaration of
Independence
1776
1781
Removes French from N. America;
beginning of problems between England
and Colonies
Officially ended French and Indian War
First civilians killed by British soldiers
Key symbolic act of rebellion
Lexington/Concord –Beginning of
Revolutionary War
Colonies separate from England “When in
the course of human events…” also, “life
Liberty and the pursuit of happiness”
Battle of Yorktown – concludes the
Revolutionary War
England recognizes U.S. as a nation and
officially ended the American Revolution
Revolutionary War
ends
Treaty of Paris
1783
People, Reformers
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Paul Revere
Crispus Attucks
John Paul Jones
Daniel Shays
Thomas Payne
King George III
Benedict Arnold
Samuel Adams
Abigail Adams
General of the Continental Army
Wrote Declaration of Independence
Warned colonists, “The British are coming!”
1st African American killed at the Boston Massacre
American Captain/hero during American Revolution
Led groups of 2,000 farmers to save farms
Wrote pamphlet, Common Sense
Famous traitor to Patriot cause
Founder of Sons of Liberty; organized Boston Tea Party
“Remember the women…”
Presidents:
Documents, Treaties, Laws, etc.:
1215
1763
1763
Magna Carta
Treaty of Paris
Proclamation of 1763
1764
Sugar Act
1765
Stamp Act
1766
Quartering Act
1773
1774
Tea Act
Intolerable Acts
Limited the power of the King
Officially ended French & Indian War
Colonists forbidden by England to settle
west of the Appalachian Mountains
Tax on molasses. One of many events angering
colonists, which led to American Revolution
Tax on legal documents, newspapers, licenses,
diplomas, dice, playing cards. Also led to
American Revolution.
British soldiers could stay in colonists’ homes;
angered colonists.
Led to Boston Tea Party
Britain punishes colonists severely for the
Boston Tea Party
1775
Olive Branch Petition
1783
Treaty of Paris
Colonists declare loyalty to King George III, but
ask him to cancel Intolerable Act
Officially ended the American Revolution
England recognized U.S. as a nation
Court Cases:
Literature:
”Paul Revere’s Ride”
“The Legend of
Sleepy Hollow”
“Rip Van Winkle”
“Concord Hymn”
Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow
Washington Irving
“Listen my children
and you shall hear”
New York, New
Netherlands settings
Ralph Waldo
Emerson
Spirit of American
Revolution
Quotes:
Nathan Hale
Patrick Henry
Patrick Henry
Patrick Henry
Ralph Waldo
Emerson
Ethan Allen
William Prescott
William Prescott
John Paul Jones
Ben Franklin
Lord North
Thomas Paine
Paul Revere
Quoted from the
Declaration of
Independence
Thomas Jefferson
“I regret that I have but one life to lose for my country”
“If this be treason, make the most of it”
“No taxation without representation”
“Give me liberty or give me death”
“shot heard round the world”
“one if by land, two if by sea” – quoted from William Prescott
“Come out you old rat…”
“Dig men, dig for your lives”
“Don’t shoot until you see the whites of their eyes”
“I have not yet begun to fight”
“We shall all hang together or surely hang separately”
“Oh, God! It’s all over.”
“The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot…”
(Tis time to part….) Common Sense
“These are the times that try men’s souls…”
“The British are coming…”
“We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created
equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain
unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the
pursuit of Happiness…
…our lives, our fortunes, our sacred honor.”
Inventors:
Terms:
Committee of Correspondence
Blockade
Loyalists
Nonimporation agreements
Militia
Traitor
Boycott
Writs of assistance
Minutemen
Patriots
Repeal
Sons of Liberty
Poem
Tale
Poem