Age of Revolution

By William Chakerian

  • 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.