american revolution lead up

  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763

    it made the colonies not able to cross north and west of the Appalachian Mountains
  • stamp act

    stamp act

    made Colonies have to pay tax on basic needs.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    there were some red coats being not very nice to some colonists got mad and more colonists joined then more red coats came with guns and someone yelled fire and the red coats fired and killed 5 colonists.
  • tea act

    tea act

    The Act granted the Company the right to directly ship its tea to North America and the right to the duty free export of tea from Britain.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    some colonists direst like Indians and got on 3 ship then dump crates into the water. smash thing they could not pick up.
  • The Intolerable Acts

    The Intolerable Acts

    were a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party.
  • The Battles of Lexington and Concord

    The Battles of Lexington and Concord

    there was a conflict and some one shot then a battle started.
  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    Battle of Bunker Hill

    the colonists were set up in a good position and killed a lot of red coats like 1,000. but the colonists ran out of ammunition so they had to back off even they lot the there very good position the colonists thing they still won cause they kill lots of red coasts.
  • The Green Mountain Boys

    Green Mountain Boys, patriot militia in the American Revolution. The Green Mountain Boys began in 1770 at present-day Bennington, Vermont, as an unauthorized militia organized to defend the property rights of local residents.
  • Common Sense

    Common Sense

    by Thomas Paine
    Published in 1776, Common Sense challenged the authority of the British government and the royal monarchy. The plain language that Paine used spoke to the common people of America and was the first work to openly ask for independence from Great Britain.
  • The Declaration of Independence

    The Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence adopted by the Continental Congress. the 13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain.
  • Battle at Trenton/Princeton

    Battle at Trenton/Princeton

    General George Washington led his army across the icy Delaware River on Christmas night 1776 and routed a Hessian garrison at Trenton.
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    Battle of Saratoga

    The Battle of Saratoga was a turning point in the Revolutionary War. The American defeat of the superior British army lifted patriot morale,
  • Continental Army Wintering  Valley Forge

    Continental Army Wintering Valley Forge

    George Washington moved the Continental Army to their winter quarters at Valley Forge.
  • War in the South/Charleston

    War in the South/Charleston

    Siege of Charleston.
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    Battle of Yorktown

    It was a decisive victory by a combined force of the American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington with support from Marquis de Lafayette and French Army troops led by Comte de Rochambeau and a French naval force commanded by Comte de Grasse over the British Army commanded by British Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis.