American Revolution

By OLCTrev
  • Ohio River valley

    Ohio River valley

    Both the British and the French were expending and fighting broke out for the Ohio River Valley. this war would be called the French and Indian war or the 7 Years war.
  • War ends

    War ends

    after many battles and the British falling many times to the french the the British finally turned it around and captured Quebec ending the war for the french.
  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763

    after the French and Indian war the British prevented colonists to not move to the Ohio river valley. this was to prevent wars with the Indians in the Ohio river valley.
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act

    the British were deeply in debt and decided a good way to gain money would be to tax any thing with molasses or sugar.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    duties(or another way to tax) were placed on all legal documents such as wills, diplomas, and marriage papers.
  • Taxation Without Representation

    Taxation Without Representation

    the British taxed the colonists with many things. the people didn't like that and they wanted a say in the government but britain didn't give them any.
  • Townshend Acts

    Townshend Acts

    the Townsend Acts were Taxes on goods such as paper, glass, paint, lead, and Tea. the taxes were low the people still disagreed
  • Writs of Assistance

    Writs of Assistance

    this stated that British could search through your ship without a reason.
  • Boston Massecre

    Boston Massecre

    on March 5, 1770, a riot broke out and startled British soldiers. the British soldiers fired at the crowd killing 5.
  • Tea act

    Tea act

    this stated that the British East India Company would sell tea straight to the people instead of selling it to vendors who would sell it to the people. This was away of putting another tax on the tea.
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts

    Mad by the Boston Tea party, the British passed the intolerable acts. These stated that the Boston harbor would be shut down, forbid colonist to have town meetings, major cases could only be tried in Britain, and a new quartering act.
  • Quebec Act

    Quebec Act

    this set up a government for Canada, gave French Catholics complete religious freedom, and extended the borders of Quebec to include the Land between the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers