Timeline Activitiy

10. Boston Massacre (1770)

1. 5 colonists are shot

11. Committees of Correspondence begin (1772)

1. Sam Adams starts spreading propaganda and information throughout the colonies

12. Boston Tea Party (1773)

1. Mad at the monopoly given to the British East India Tea Company
2. Sons of Liberty dress up like Native Americans

13. Coercive Acts are passed (early 1774)

1. Boston Harbor is closed
2. New England town meetings are canceled
3. Intolerable!

14. 1st Continental Congress (1774)

1. Everyone but Georgia meet in Philadelphia
2. Tell Massachusetts to start raising militias
3. Send the “Olive Branch Petition” to King George – one last plea to go back to the good old days

15. Lexington & Concord (1775)

1. “Shot heard around the world”
2. British trying to get to the militia’s arsenal
3. Both sides realize that their problems can’t be solved without bloodshed

16. 2nd Continental Congress (1775)

1. Colonials decide it is time to raise money for an army & navy
2. George Washington is selected as the commander of the Continental Army

17. Battle of Bunker Hill (1775)

1. British win after many tries up the hill
2. Continentals learn a lesson: we could win if we had ammo!

18. Thomas Paine writes Common Sense (Jan./Feb 1776)

1. 100,000 copies are printed in 3 months
2. Wakes up the Americans to a new purpose for fighting

19. Declaration of Independence (July 1776)

1. Richard Lee proposes it
2. Thomas Jefferson writes it
3. Changes the purpose of the war in the eyes of the Continentals

20. Battle of Trenton (1776)

1. George Washington surprises the Hessians on Christmas day
2. Boosts patriot morale

21. Battle of Saratoga (1777)

1. Continental army wins this battle in upstate New York
2. After this win, France decides to officially side with the Americans

22. Yorktown (1781)

1. Colonists win with the help of the French
2. Last real battle of the revolutionary war

23. Articles of Confederation ratified

1. The first government of the United States

24. Peace Treaty signed in Paris (1783)

1. The United States becomes official in 1783
2. The United States is bordered by Britain and Spain
3. The western border of the United States is the Mississippi River

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TO CUT UP #1:

1st Continental Congress

2nd Continental Congress

Articles of Confederation ratified

Battle of Bunker Hill

Battle of Saratoga

Battle of Trenton

Boston Massacre

Boston Tea Party

Coercive Acts

Committees of Correspondence begin

Declaration of Independence

French and Indian War ends

King George III takes the throne

Lexington & Concord

Peace Treaty signed in Paris

Policy of “Salutary Neglect” rules colonial relationship

Proclamation of 1763

Quartering Act is passed

Stamp Act is passed

Stamp Act is repealed

Sugar Act is passed

Thomas Paine writes Common Sense

Townshend Acts are passed

Yorktown

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TO CUT UP #2:  

• “Shot heard around the world”
• 100,000 copies are printed in 3 months
• 5 colonists are shot
• After this win, France decides to officially side with the Americans
• Boosts patriot morale
• Boston Harbor is closed
• Both sides realize that their problems can’t be solved without bloodshed
• Britain attempts to keep colonists and Natives separate
• Britain falls into lots of debt
• Britain gets lots of land
• Britain increase control of the seas to catch smugglers
• British trying to get to the militia’s arsenal
• British win after many tries up the hill
• Changes the purpose of the war in the eyes of the Continentals
• Colonials decide it is time to raise money for an army & navy
• Colonists are required to provide food and housing for British soldiers – even in peacetime!
• Colonists get mad at being told where they can and can’t go.
• Colonists get used to a loose relationship
• Colonists learn that if they unite in protest, they can get things done
• Colonists told they can’t cross the Appalachian Mountains
• Colonists unite and boycott British goods in protest
• Colonists win with the help of the French
• Continental army wins this battle in upstate New York
• Continentals learn a lesson: we could win if we had ammo!
• Crazy young king takes over and wants to prove he is tough.
• Everyone but Georgia meet in Philadelphia
• France loses all its territory in the Western hemisphere except for Haiti
• France wants revenge
• George Grenville is made Prime Minister
• George Washington is selected as the commander of the Continental Army
• George Washington surprises the Hessians on Christmas day
• Imposes the use of Admiralty courts to try anyone caught breaking the Navigation Acts
• Intolerable!
• Last real battle of the revolutionary war
• Mad at the monopoly given to the British East India Tea Company
• New England town meetings are canceled
• Richard Lee proposes it
• Sam Adams starts spreading propaganda and information throughout the colonies
• Send the “Olive Branch Petition” to King George – one last plea to go back to the old days
• Series of taxes on tea, glass, lead, paint, etc
• Sons of Liberty dress up like Native Americans
• Tell Massachusetts to start raising militias
• The first government of the United States
• The United States becomes official in 1783
• The United States is bordered by Britain and Spain
• The western border of the United States is the Mississippi River
• Thomas Jefferson writes it
• Used to pay 20% of the costs of having the British military protect the colonies
• Used to pay the royal judges and governors in the colonies
• Wakes up the Americans to a new purpose for fighting