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Britain and France fought a war for the control of North America.
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Britain passes the Stamp Act on the American Colonists to force them to pay taxes on newspapers and other printed material.
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Britain taxes the Colonists on lead, glass, paper, paint, and tea.
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The British and Colonists clashed, and a Boston crowd threw snowballs at the British soldiers. The British soldiers fired their weapons and killed five people.
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The British allowed the East India Company to ship tea without having to pay the tax the Colonists had to pay when shipping tea.
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Angry Colonists disguised themselves as Indians and boarded British ships. When they were on the ships, they threw all of the tea into the harbor.
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The British pass laws to shut down Boston Harbor, put Massachusetts under military control, and force Colonists to house and feed British soldiers. The Colonists called these laws the Intolerable Acts.
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British troops set out to destroy colonial weapons stored in Concord, but they met armed Colonists in Lexington and fought th first battle of the American Revolution.
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The Colonists organized an army with George Washington as the commander.
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The Colonists issue a document written by Thomas Jefferson explaining that the Colonists were separating from Britain and forming the United States of America.
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The Colonists beat British troops in New York for a major victory in the war. This battle was a turning point in the American Revolution because France thought the Colonists might win, and agreed to help them.
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The Colonists and French forces surrounded British troops, forcing them to surrender, and ending the American Revolutionary War. Peace talks began, and two years later, the Treaty of Paris declared the Colonists to be free, and let them form the United States of America.
