2nd period

  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    Law passed by the British Parliment saying that American colonies to bear a tax stamp on all publications and comercial documents
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    A street fight between a patriot throwing things at the British soliders in Boston
  • The Boston Tea Party

    The Boston Tea Party

    colonist dressed as mohawks and dumped tea into the Boston harbor to protest tax on tea
  • Intolerable acts

    Intolerable acts

    Series of five laws passed by the British Parliment
  • New England Restraining act

    New England Restraining act

    Required New England colonies to trade with England and it also bands fishing in the North Atlantic
  • Shot heard around the world

    Shot heard around the world

    The war for independence had began
  • The Battle of Saratoga

    The Battle of Saratoga

    First American victory of the Revolutonary war
  • Battle of Yorktown

    Battle of Yorktown

    Ended the Revolutionary war. led by George Washington
  • Articles of Confederation

    Articles of Confederation

    The original constitution of the U.S
  • House of Burgesses

    House of Burgesses

    gives freedom to slaves who served in the Continental Army