Revolutionary war pictures 9

American Revolution

  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act
    Parliament taxes for sugar and coffee.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act
    It taxed any paper product, news paper, and playing cards etc.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    5 colonists got angry due to the taxes and tried to throw rocks at the British soldier and they killed them.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    Colonists dress up as Native Americans and dump millions of dollars worth of tea into the ocean.
  • The Battle Of Lexington and Concord.

    The Battle Of Lexington and Concord.
  • Declaration Of Independence

    Declaration Of Independence
    The Declaration reflects we have our own rights, people have the right to alter of abolish, unjust governments, and popular sovereignty.
  • Battle of Saratoga

    Battle of Saratoga
  • British Surrender at Yorktown, Virginia.

    British Surrender at Yorktown, Virginia.
  • Constitution Convention

    Constitution Convention
  • Constitution was ratified

    Constitution was ratified
    They saw the government in terms of a social contract in which We the people of the United States entered. There was also a separation of power among the Judicial, Legislative, and Executive Branches; a concept borrowed from Montequieu.