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American Revolution

  • Aftermath of the french Indian war

    Aftermath of the french Indian war

    After the French Indian war English parliament felt like the colonist should have to pay for the war scene it was a war for them
  • New taxes

    Following the french Indian war, parliament introduced new taxes such as the Tea act,Township act, Stamp act and Sugar act
  • Boycotts

    after the taxes were put into place boycotts soon followed on British bisunes
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    After rising tensions due to taxes and an angry mob that stormed a British sentinel's post the order to fire on the crowd was misheard which resulted in 5 colonist losing there life
  • The Boston Tea Party

    The Boston Tea Party

    After a cold night of drinking some members of the Sons Of Liberty go into the Boston harbor and take crates of tea off a British import ship and throw them over board
  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

    The Battle of Lexington and Concord

    The battle of Lexington dubbed "The shot that could be heard around the world" was the first two battles of the American revolutionary war
  • The start of the American Revolution

    This dater marks the start of the American Revolution
  • Battles of Trent,NJ

    Battles of Trent,NJ

    Lead by Gorge Washington,A militia of colonist won a battle against a hessian mercenary group
  • America Declares Independence

    America Declares Independence

    The colonies declare freedom of the tyrannical government of Britain and become the United States Of America
  • Thomas Jefferson Writes the DOI

    Thomas Jefferson writes the DOI and submits it to the Continental Congress
  • Howe captures Philadelphia

    A general lead two separate marches to Philadelphia,The first march was a failure while the other hand the second march was a success and Philadelphia was taken
  • Articles of Confederation

    These Articles are Americas constitution which acts as laws to live by
  • American and British Battle of Saratoga

    The battle of Saragtoga was a battle won by the Americans
  • Congress prohibits enslaved people imported to the US

    Congress makes it illegal to import enslaved people imported to the US
  • Winter at Valley Forge

    Valley Forge was camp for the colonist army that housed the main army and was somewhat of a home base for them
  • State Constitutions

    Was when each of the 13 colonies created there own Constitutions and laws to abid by
  • British forces capture Charles Town

    British forces capture Charles Town after a siege on the town
  • Yorktown falls

    British surrender at Yorktown after a near month of being under siege from the colonist forces
  • Treaty of Paris

    The treaty of Paris was the first time a British monarch recognized Americas independence
  • The end of the American Revolutionary War

    The end of the American Revolutionary War

    This date marks the end of the american revolution