American Revolution

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  • The Stamp Act

    The Stamp Act

    Britain sets a tax the requires a stamp on all public documents like newspaper or legal documents. The colonists did not like having this tax put on them. This led to unrest in the colonies and the Stamp Act Congress
  • Elected Officials to represent First Continental Congress

    Elected Officials to represent First Continental Congress

    This was the first effort of the colonies to unite and make a single government.
  • Paul's Revere's Ride

    Paul's Revere's Ride

    Warned the colonies that the British are coming.
  • Capture of Fort Ticonderoga

    Capture of Fort Ticonderoga

    The Green Mountain Boys led by Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold capture of Fort Ticonderoga

  • Battle Of Bunker Hill

    Major Battle where William Prescott told the American troops "don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes"
  • Declaration of Independence is adopted

    Declaration of Independence is adopted

    Continental Congress agrees to Thomas Jefferson's declaration of Independence

  • America chooses a flag

    Continental Congress adopts the "Stars and Stripes" flag sewn bt Betsy Ross.

  • Alliance of France

    France recognized the United States as an Independent country wIth the Treaty of Alliance.

  • Articles of Confederation

    Defined the official government of the United States.

  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty that officially ended the war.