American Revolution

  • Sugar Tax

    Sugar Tax
    Parliament passed a modified version of the Sugar and Molasses Act (1733).
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act
    The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament. The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    Provided for quartering troops in the colonies, and permitted royal officers accused of crimes to be tried in England.
  • The Tea Act

    The Tea Act
    To bail out the floundering East India Company, a key actor in the British economy.
  • The Quartering Act

    The Quartering Act
    was one of five laws enacted by the British Parliament in response to the Boston Tea Party
  • Lexington & Concord

    Lexington & Concord
    British troops are sent to take colonial weapons, they run into an untrained and angry militia.
  • Siege of Boston

    Siege of Boston
    The Siege of Boston was the opening phase of the American Revolutionary War.
  • Battle of Bunkers Hills

    Battle of Bunkers Hills
    the British defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill in Massachusetts.
  • Battle of Quebec

    Battle of Quebec
    The battle was the first major defeat of the war for the Americans, and it came with heavy losses.( British Wins )
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence
    The battle was the first major defeat of the war for the Americans, and it came with heavy losses.
  • Battle of Long Island

     Battle of Long Island
    also know as the Battle of Brooklyn Heights. George Washington ordered 5 regiments of the Colonial Army to New York.
  • Battle of Valcour Island

    Battle of Valcour Island
    The battle is generally known as one of the first naval battles of the American Revolutionary War, and one of the first fought by the United States Navy.
  • Fort Washington

    Fort Washington
    The Battle of Fort Washington was a battle fought in New York. during the American Revolutionary War between the United States and Great Britain.
  • Battle of Trenton

    Battle of Trenton
    George Washington's army crossed the icy Delaware on Christmas Day.(American Victory)
  • Battle Of Princeton

    Battle Of Princeton
    Americans were able to confront the British Army. Decisive intervention of France and Spain in the Revolutionary War came a step closer.
  • Battle Of Brandywine

    Battle Of Brandywine
    the British Army brushed aside American light forces.
  • Battle Of Germantown

    Battle Of Germantown
    The British drove away the Americans, with twice as many casualties as they had suffered.
  • Battle Of Saratoga

    Battle Of Saratoga
    Americans had surrounded the British, and four days later Burgoyne was forced to agree to the first large-scale surrender of British forces in the Revolutionary War.
  • Valley Forge

    Valley Forge
    Valley Forge was the military camp northwest of Philadelphia where the American Continental Army spent the winter of 1777–78 during the American Revolutionary War.
  • Battle of Monmouth

    Battle of Monmouth
    The Battle of Monmouth was an American Revolutionary War battle in Monmouth County, New Jersey.
  • Siege o Savannah

    Siege o Savannah
    The Siege of Savannah was an encounter of the American Revolutionary War.( British Victory)
  • Seige Of Charlestown

    Seige Of Charlestown
    The Siege of Charleston was a major engagement fought between March 29 to May 12, 1780.
  • Battle of Camden

    Battle of Camden
    The Battle of Camden was a major victory for the British in the Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War. ( British Victory)
  • Battle Of Camden

    Battle Of Camden
    Pitted American forces under Major General Horatio Gates against a small British field force.
  • Battle o Kings Mountain

    Battle o Kings Mountain
    The Battle of Kings Mountain was a military engagement between Patriot and Loyalist militias in South Carolina during the Southern Campaign of the American Revolutionary War.
  • Battle Of Cowpens

    Battle Of Cowpens
    American troops under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan routed British forces under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton.
  • Battle Of Yorktown

    Battle Of Yorktown
    George Washington as French and American forces trapped the British at Yorktown.
  • Treaty Of Paris

    Treaty Of Paris
    The Treaty of Paris was signed by U.S. and British Representatives. The agreement recognized U.S. independence and granted the U.S. significant western territory.
  • American Revolution Ended

    American Revolution Ended