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Recent Event Highlights: 2nd Continental Congress, 1st Continental Congress, and 11 more...

Created by MrJunoismyname on Mar 10, 2011

Last updated: 03/14/11 at 03:38 AM

• Treaty of Paris
  1783

  A treaty signed by the French and British government saying that the British would gain the land in North America.
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Paris_(1783)

• Battle of Saratoga
  1777

  Also known as the War of Independence. The American's killed British General John Burgoyne.
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battles_of_Saratoga

• Battle of Trenton
  1776

  Battle of Trenton is a war during the American Revolutionary War led by George Washington.
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Trenton

• 2nd Continental Congress
  1775

  The delegates of the 13 Colonies soon started writing the Declaration of Independence.
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Continental_Congress

• Battle of Lexington and Concord
  1775

  The Beginning of the American Revolutionary War taken place in Lexington and Concord.
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord

• Battle of Bunker Hill
  1775

  A fierce battle between the British soldiers and the American's that wanted their freedom.
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bunker_Hill

• 1st Continental Congress
  1774

  This was when they started rebelling against the idea of taxation, like boycotting.
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Continental_Congress

• The Boston Tea Party
  1773

  Colonist in Boston went aboard British ships and destroyed tea that was being sent to America and burned down several ships.
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Tea_Party

• Boston Massacre
  1770

  It was an accidental killing of 5 Colonist that the Colonist gave a big name.
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Massacre

• The Townshend Acts
  1767

  Charles Townshend set laws that will tax the Colonist for everything they buy.
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Townshend_Acts

• The Sugar Act
  1764

  The Colonist used the Sugar Act as the wood to start a fire. Like they used it to start a rebellion against the British government.
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Act

• Albany Plan of Union
  1754

  Benjamin Franklin suggested the Albany Plan of Union where in one town there would be a Town leader to control the taxes and conflicts within.
  http://www.constitution.org/bcp/albany.htm

• The French Indian War
  Jul 1, 1754 to Jul 1, 1763

  War between Great Britain and France in North America
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_and_Indian_War

• George Washington
  1732 to 1799

  George Washington is a patriot and a true American hero leading the Colonist into the Revolutionary War and the 1st ever president of America.
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington

• Voltaire
  1694 to 1778

  Voltaire's real name was Francois Marie Arouet, a historian and philosopher that was famous for wit and advocacy against civil liberties and believed in freedom in religion and freedom in trade.
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Voltaire.jpg

• John Locke
  1632 to 1704

  English philosopher, helped the Patriots win the American War by protesting in England by writing.
  http://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Locke