American Revolution

  • Proclamation of 1763

    Prevents colonists from settling land between Appalacian Mountains and the Mississippi River
  • Quartering Act

    Quartering Act

    Colonists had to feed and share shelter with the British soldiers
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    Charged a tax on every piece of printed paper they used
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    Riots protesting against red-coats. British soldiers shot back, 5 colonists died. The patriots used this to gain support.
  • Tea Act

    Tea Act

    England tried to take control of the tea industry in the colonies and getting colonists used to buying taxed tea by offering it cheap
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    An act of rebellion against the king, members of the Sons of Liberty boarded the ships and threw the tea into the harbor
  • Intolerable Acts

    laws passed by the king to punish colonists, teach them a lesson, and repay the damaged tea.
  • Revolutionary War begins

    Revolutionary War begins

    War begins