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American Revolution

By David Diaz
  • The Stamp Act

    The Stamp Act

    Britain sets a tax that requires a stamp on all public documents like newspapers or legal documents. The colonists did not like having this tax placed on them. This led to unrest in the colonies and the Stamp Act Congress
  • The Boston Massacre

    The Boston Massacre

    5 Boston colonists are shot by British troops.
  • The Boston Tea Party

    The Boston Tea Party

    Angry with a new tax on tea, some Boston colonists calling themselves the Sons of Liberty board British ships and dump crates of tea into the Boston Harbor.
  • The First Continental Congress Meets

    The First Continental Congress Meets

    Representatives from the colonies get together to unite and oppose British taxes.
  • Paul Revere's Ride

    Paul Revere's Ride

    The Revolutionary War starts and Paul Revere makes his famous ride to warn the colonists that the "British are coming".
  • The Declaration of Independence Adopted

    The Declaration of Independence Adopted

    The Continental Congress agrees to Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence.
  • George Washington Crosses The Delaware

    George Washington Crosses The Delaware

    George Washington Crosses The Delaware
  • America Chooses a Flag

    America Chooses a Flag

    The Continental Congress adopts the "Stars and Stripes" Flag sewn by Betsy Ross.
  • Battle of Yorktown

    Battle of Yorktown

    The last major battle of the American Revolutionary War. British General Cornwallis' surrender at Yorktown was the unofficial end to the war.
  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris

    Treaty that officially ended the war.