American Revolution

By MMacaylaa
  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris

    Ended French and Indian War/Seven Years War. It was between Great Britain and France. End Result: France gave up all territories in North America
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    Caused taxes on all paper documents. Helped put the revolutionary movement against the King in motion.
  • Quartering Act

    Quartering Act

    Laws passed by the Parliament of Great Britain. It stated that the American colonists would have to provide food and shelter for the British soldiers. .
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    British Army soldiers shot and killed people including Crispus Attucks, a freed black man.
  • Committees of Correspondence

    Committees of Correspondence

    All thirteen colonies got together and spoke out against British rule.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    Colonists dressed up as Native Americans and threw tea in the ocean
  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

    The Battle of Lexington and Concord

    1st military engagement of the American Revolutionary War. The battles were fought in Middlesex County
  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress

    Began Revolutionary War
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    It says that the Americas weren't under British rule anymore. The thirteen colonies soon became a country
  • Battle of Yorktown

    Battle of Yorktown

    Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington. The British surrender ended the American Revolutionary War.