American Revolution

  • Navigation Acts

    Navigation Acts

    These were a long series of laws that monitored and regulated English ships, shipping and trade.
  • French-Indian War

    French-Indian War

    England owed huge debt. England changes from salutary neglect to mercantilism
  • Period: to

    American Revolution

    History Project
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    This was an Act that placed taxes and regulations on paper products.
  • Quartering Act

    Quartering Act

    The American colonies were required to provide food and shelter for the British soldiers.
  • Townshend Act

    Townshend Act

    New taxes were placed on tea, paper, glass, paint, and lead.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    This was a huge confrontation, where British soldiers killed mass mobbs of colonists.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    This was a protest made by the Sons of Liberty. Protestors loaded ships as they dumped crates if tea off of the boat.
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts

    These were laws made to "punish" the colonists after their protests. The colonists had more tax regulations placed on them.
  • Battle of Lexington & Concord

    Battle of Lexington & Concord

    "The Shot Heard Around the World"
    Fighting broke out as the first shot of the American Revolutionary War was fired.
  • Olive Branch Petition

    Olive Branch Petition

    This was the final attempt made by the colonists to avoid war with Britain.
  • Second Continental Congress

    Second Continental Congress

    This was a meeting which accompanied delegates from all 13 colonies. This untied the American Revolutionary War.
  • Common Sense

    Common Sense

    Thomas Paine wrote this 47 page pamphlet demanding independence from Great Britain.
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    This is the United States' DOI which was adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • Articles of Confederation

    Articles of Confederation

    This was the first constitution of the original 13 states.
  • Daniel Shays’ Rebellion

    Daniel Shays’ Rebellion

    This was an armed rebellion due to a debt crisis. This occurred in Western Massachusetts and Worcester.
  • Constitutional Convention

    Constitutional Convention

    This occurred in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The whole point was to decide how America is going to be governed.