American Revolution

By ewadams
  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris

    The 7 year war ended and Britain gained all territory east of the Mississippi river.
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act

    Colonial exports, such as iron, lumber and other goods, had to pass through British customs first.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    This Act made it where all legal documents must contain a stamp, on which a tax was placed.
  • Quatering Act

    Quatering Act

    Colonies were required to pay for supplies for Birtish soldiers.
  • Declaratory Act

    Declaratory Act

    The Stamp Act was revised, but it was declared that the Parliament does have the right to tax.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    A crowd was harrasing a group of soldiers when one was hit with a snowball and fired his gun.
  • Tea Act

    Tea Act

    Paliament would no longer allow import on tea, but allowed for the compnay to sell to the colonies.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    In rebellion to the tea act, Americans dump East Indian Company tea into the Boston Harbour.
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts

    Parliament took away Massachusets self government. Colonist protested by boycotting British goods.
  • Battles of Lexington and Concord

    Battles of Lexington and Concord

    The first shots of the Revolutionary war was fired