American Revolution

  • Treaty of Paris, 1763

    Treaty of Paris, 1763
    The Treaty ended French territorial rule in the Ohio River Valley.
  • Pontiacs Uprising

    Pontiacs Uprising
    Ottowa chief that started an uprising for the Indians and French, due to the fur trappers on the Ohio River Valley.
  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763
    Stopped anyone in the colonies from settling past the Appalachian mountains.
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act
    Tax on molasses and sugar imported from the West Indies.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act
    The act that put a tax on any paper products shipped in from the mother lands.
  • Quartering Act

    Quartering Act
    The act that required colonists to house and fee British soldiers.
  • Townshend Act

    Townshend Act
    The acts passed to try and keep the Colonists in check, authority wise.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    British soldiers shot and killed civilians in a mob.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    The sons of liberty dumped all the taxed tea into the Boston bay in protest while dressed like indians
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts
    Limited rights in some colonies, mainly MA.
  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress
    The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies who met from September 5 to October 26, 1774 at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania early in the American Revolution.
  • Battles at Lexington and Concord

    Battles at Lexington and Concord
    Started as the shot heard around the world. Started the war between British and Colonists.
  • Bunker Hill

    Bunker Hill
    The Battle of Bunker Hill was fought on June 17, 1775, during the Siege of Boston in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War.
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence
    he Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania
  • Second continental congress

    Second continental congress
    The Second Congress managed the Colonial war effort and moved incrementally towards independence, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence
  • Battle of Trenton

    Battle of Trenton
    The Battle of Trenton was a small but pivotal battle during the American Revolutionary War which took place on the morning of December 26, 1776, in Trenton, New Jersey
  • Saratoga

    Saratoga
    The Battles of Saratoga marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign giving a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War
  • Valley Forge

    Valley Forge
    Valley Forge was the military camp 18 miles northwest of Philadelphia where the American Continental Army spent the winter of 1777–78 during the American Revolutionary War
  • Yorktown

    Yorktown
    The last important battle, proving the British defeat. George Washington and a French naval force cut off supplies to Gen. Cornwallis.
  • Treaty of Paris 1783

    Treaty of Paris 1783
    The Treaty of Paris, signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America on September 3, 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War