American Revolution

  • Navigation Acts

    Navigation Acts

    Regulated colonial trade and manufacturing. It was not enforced well. Smuggling was very common.
  • French and Indian War

    French and Indian War

    Colonies and England defeated the French. Native allies and treasuring of Britain drains.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    -taxed common items (newspaper) “no taxation without representation”
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    British spillers attacked and fired a riot. This killed five colonists. They were upset by the fight and that led to war.
  • Tea Act

    Tea Act

    British Tea India Co. we were allowed to directly ship tea to colonies with no middlemen.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    Angry colonists threw the tea into the harbor. Protests/ tea act
    -British pass harsh laws (Intolerable Acts)
  • Coercive and Intolerance Acts

    Coercive and Intolerance Acts

    Acts to respond to the Boston Tea Party. It was created by the first Continental Congress.
  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress

    Representative talked about how to respond to the harsh punishments against Massachusetts. Led to the Declaration of Independence.
  • Lexington and Concord

    Lexington and Concord

    The first battle of the American Revolution. Led to the second meeting of Continental Congress.
  • Second Continental Congress

    Second Continental Congress

    Discuss the battle part of the war beginning. It’s set up continental army with George Washington as commander.
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    Locked way of thinking and reflecting. It talked about natural rights.
  • Battle of Saratoga

    Battle of Saratoga

    The turning point in the war and French joined America’s side.
  • Winter at Valley Forge

    Winter at Valley Forge

    Troops were trained in bad conditions and army is officially trained and ready to fight. (Yorktown)
  • Battle of Yorktown

    Battle of Yorktown

    The colonist force the British to surrender to them. This led to the Treaty of Paris. This treaty ended the war.
  • The U.S Constitution Was Written

    The U.S Constitution Was Written

    Flexible framework for government. Articles of confederation were too minuscule so the new document was created.
  • U.S. Constitution Adopted

    U.S. Constitution Adopted

    This was a document of legal rights for citizens and a piece of freedom. This created federal republic inside a series of checks and balances.