American Revolution

By Coreym1
  • French and Indian War

    French and Indian War

    England wins control over France’s territory in New World. British debts led to heavy taxes on colonies.
  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763

    Colonists may not expand past Appalachian Mtns.
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act

    A law passed by the British Parliament in 1764 raising duties on foreign sugar imported by the colonies.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    An act on american colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents.
  • Quartering Act

    Quartering Act

    Local government of the american colonies to provide the british soldiers.
  • Townshend Act

    Townshend Act

    A series of British acts passed beginning in 1767 and relating to the british American colonies.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    A riot from the resentment of Boston colonists toward british troops quartered in the city.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    Boston colonists threw the contents of several hundred chests of tea into the harbor as protest.
  • Tea Act

    Tea Act

    Act to reduce the massive amount of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company.
  • Coercive Acts

    Coercive Acts

    Series of British measures designed to punish the massachusetts colonists for the boston tea party.
  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress

    A meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies to enforce the boycott in all colonies and also enforce the non-exportation of American goods to Britain.
  • Second Continental Congress

    Second Continental Congress

    A convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies to declare independence from Britain.
  • Common Sense

    Common Sense

    A pamphlet about independence from England and the creation of democratic republic.
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    Formal statement declaring the freedom of the thirteen american colonies from Great Britain
  • Shot Heard Around the World

    Shot Heard Around the World

    A phrase from a poem and refers to the first shot of the American Revolution.