American Revolution

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  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act

    King George put a tax on sugar, this angered the colonists
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    Any docuent had to have a stamp to make it offical cost the colonists large amonts of money
  • Patrick Henry's "If This Be Treason" speech

    Patrick Henry's "If This Be Treason" speech

    "Give me librety or give me death" this speech rallied up the colonists and was a call to action
  • Townshend Acts

    Townshend Acts

    Place a tax on tea takeing away even more of the coloinsts power and money
  • The Boston Massacre

    The Boston Massacre

    A riot turned into a shuting probably acedental but through propaganda further pushed the coloinst to act against Great Brition
  • The Boston Tea Party

    The Boston Tea Party

    This was the first act against the British. Colonist dressed as American Indians and dumped tea into the Boston Harbor
  • The First Continental Congress

    The First Continental Congress

    A meeting were delagates decided twhat to do in order to separatre from Great Brition
  • The Second Continental Congress

    The Second Continental Congress

    Delagates traveled to write the Declaration of Independance
  • The Signing of the Declaration of Independance

    The Signing of the Declaration of Independance

  • The Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation

    The Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation

    This document gave the United States the ability to rule its self.