American Revolution

  • French and Indian War

    French and Indian War

    "The treaty of Paris ended the French and Indian war. The French received all land from the Mississippi river west, while the British received all land from the Mississippi River east."
  • Writs of Assistance

    Writs of Assistance

    Enforcing trade laws. To increase revenue and increase taxes.
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act

    Got passed in 1764 to lower the tax on molasses.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    An act that allowed the government to tax stamps.
  • Town Shed Act

    Town Shed Act

    Taxes started to be taken away. Started to tax fabrics and so women got mad and created DOL (daughters of liberty)
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    Redcoats started to shoot after the colonist sais fire and were throwing rocks at the redcoats.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    The colonists dressed as Indians and started to throw the tea off of the harbor and into the water which made the redcoats made but they didn't fire at them they let them go.
  • Battle in Lexington

    Battle in Lexington

    The redcoats found out where Samuel Adams and his army were getting all of their things ready for war and went there and an all-out war happened.
  • Deceleration of Independence

    Deceleration of Independence

    Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock, etc started to sign the independence paper to make them independent.
  • Jefferson Writes the DOI

    Jefferson Writes the DOI

    Jefferson writing the Declaration of Independence.
  • Battles of Trent and New Jersey

    Battles of Trent and New Jersey

    The battle of Trenton and New Jersey was small but had a big impact and the colonist won them.
  • American and British Battle of Saratoga

    American and British Battle of Saratoga

    The american won the battle of saratoga.
  • Howe captures Philadelphia

    Howe captures Philadelphia

    The Philadelphia campaign was a British initiative in the American Revolutionary War to gain control of Philadelphia.
  • State Constitutions

    State Constitutions

    Each state has its own constitution by witch it's governed. 1777-1778
  • Congress prohibits enslaved people imported to the US

    Congress prohibits enslaved people imported to the US

    The act prohibited importation of slaves.
  • Winter at Valley Forge

    Winter at Valley Forge

    Valley Forge functioned as the third of eight military encampments for the Continental Army's main body.
  • John Paul Jones & Serapes

    John Paul Jones & Serapes

    The father of the U.S Navy.
  • Spain Declares war on Great Britain

    Spain Declares war on Great Britain

    Declaring war against British and siding with the coloniest.
  • British forces capture Charles Town

    British forces capture Charles Town

    When British forces captured Charles Town and it was a major victory for them.
  • British surrender at Yorktown

    British surrender at Yorktown

    British surrender Yorktown to the colonist.
  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris

    It was when representatives from great Britain and the United States signed a peace treaty.