americ revalution

  • French-Indian War

    French-Indian War

    the French and Indian war was a war between the French and British because they both said the owned the land
  • Navigation Acts

    Navigation Acts

    acts of Parliament intended to promote of the British Empire by restricting colonial trade
  • Quartering act

    Quartering act

    in American colonial to provide food, drink, quarters, fuel, and transportation to British forces in their towns or villages
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    add tax's on most used objects like stamps Sugar and other goods
  • Townshend Acts

    Townshend Acts

    initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    seven British soldiers fired oh unarmed men Killin 5
  • Articles of Confederation

    Articles of Confederation

    served as the United States' first constitution.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    protest British Parliament's tax on tea. where they destroyed the tea
  • Intolerable Act

    Intolerable Act

    a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party.
  • Battle of Lexington & Concord

    Battle of Lexington & Concord

    n this first battle of the American Revolution on April 19, 1775, Massachusetts colonists defied British authority, outnumbered and outfought the Redcoats
  • Second Continental Congress

    Second Continental Congress

    was a Continental army and elected George Washington as Commander-in-Chief
  • Olive Branch Petition

    Olive Branch Petition

    adopted by Congress on July 5, 1775, to be sent to the King as a last attempt to prevent formal war from being declared.
  • Common Sense

    Common Sense

    outlined the need for American independence. a pamphlet
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    a document of laws and rules
  • Daniel Shays’ Rebellion

    Daniel Shays’ Rebellion

    hays's Rebellion was an armed uprising in Western Massachusetts due to taxes
  • Constitutional Convention

    Constitutional Convention

    met between May and September of 1787 to address the problems of the weak central government