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American Revolution 1775-1783

  • French and Indian War

    French and Indian War

    War fought between the colonies of British America and New France.
  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763

    forbade all settlement past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains.
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act

    Granting certain duties in British colonies.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    Revenue from the american colonies by imposing a stamp duty.
  • Quartering Act

    Quartering Act

    American colonies to provide the British soldiers with any needed accommodations or housing.
  • The Boston Tea Party

    The Boston Tea Party

    A street fight between patriot mob throwing snowballs, stones and sticks and a squad of british soldiers
  • Tea Act

    Tea Act

    The final straw in series of unpopular policies and taxes.
  • The Boston Tea Party

    The Boston Tea Party

    Political protest by the sons of Liberty in Boston.
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts

    punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in throwing a large tea shipment into Boston harbor.
  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

    Battle of Lexington and Concord

    First military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.
  • Declartion of Independence

    Declartion of Independence

    Statment adopted by continental congress.
  • Articles of Confederation

    Articles of Confederation

    First written constitution of the Untied States
  • Battle of Yorktown

    Battle of Yorktown

    Caused british to surrender and effectively ended revolutionary war.
  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris

    Ended the Revolutionary War.
  • New Constitution

    New Constitution

    Increased federal authority while still protecting the basics rights of its citizens.
  • Bill of Rights

    Bill of Rights

    First Ten Amendments