Age of Revolution

  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    The Stamp Act was the first internal tax directly on American colonists by the British Parliament.
  • Tea Act

    Tea Act

    The British government granted the company a monopoly on the importation and sale of tea in the colonies.
  • Quebec Act

    Quebec Act

    Gave the French Canadians complete religious freedom and restored the French form of civil law.
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    A document declaring the U.S to be independent from the British.
  • Battle of Yorktown

    Battle of Yorktown

    The battle of Yorktown concluded the last major battle of the American Revolution.
  • Adopting the Declaration

    Adopting the Declaration

    On July 4 the Declaration of Independence was officially published, and gave America freedom from Britain.
  • Northwest Ordinance

    Northwest Ordinance

    It provided a path toward the territories northwest of the Ohio River.
  • Naturalization Act

    Naturalization Act

    Limited access to U.S. citizenship to white immigrants.