American Revolution

  • French and Indian war

    French and Indian war

    The French and Indian war was a war where the French and Indians were fighting for land against the British.
  • Pontiac's War

    Pontiac's War

    Pontiac was a leader of the Ottawa nation and attacked the British along with other tribes
  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763

    Divided land between the colonists and Indians
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act

    A tax on several products such as molasses
  • Quartering Act

    Quartering Act

    A act that required colonists to house British troops and provide them with food and other essentials
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    required all colonists to put special stamps on things like licenses
  • Townshend Act

    Townshend Act

    Britain would no longer tax products or activities on colonies
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    A angry crowd of soldiers and workers surrounded a group of other soldiers and started an attack
  • Committee of Correspondence

    Committee of Correspondence

    people established a way of communication for the British
  • Tea Act

    Tea Act

    Reduced the price of tea for the colonies so it would force them to buy British tea
  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress

    A meeting with the delegates of 12 Thirteen Colonies that declared that colonists should have the same rights of Englishmen.
  • Lexington and Concord

    Lexington and Concord

    The first major military campaign of the American Revolutionary War
  • Second Continental Congress

    Second Continental Congress

    a group of people from New England that wanted to declare independence
  • Bunker Hill

    Bunker Hill

    William Howe wanted to attack Breed's Hill right by Boston
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    A written document of rights and independence
  • Saratoga

    Saratoga

    A place in New York where Burgoyne surrendered to Horatio, also a turning point for the American Revolution
  • Valley Forge

    Valley Forge

    Washington's continental army suffered a bad winter. They weren't clothed, fed, or housed.
  • French Alliance

    French Alliance

    France signed a treaty with the U.S.
  • Yorktown

    Yorktown

    The last major battle in of the American Revolution
  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris

    The treaty that agreed to stop the Revolutionary War