American Revolution

  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act

    Reduce molasses tax, enforces sugar tax
  • Sons of Liberty

    Sons of Liberty

    Sons of Liberty are created
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    Taxes on all printed items
  • Quartering Act

    Quartering Act

    Citizens are forced to provide for British soldiers
  • Sons of Liberty Raid

    Sons of liberty damage house and office of stamp collector.
  • Declatory Act

    Declatory Act

    Repealed stamp act, but let the parliament run however they like.
  • Townsend Acts

    Townsend Acts

    Apply taxes to imports from other countries other than Britain
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    Colonists throw snowballs, British troops fire on them
  • Tea Act

    Tea Act

    Created to save East India Tea company.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    Patriots throw tea overboard.
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts

    Forces Massachusetts residence to pay for tea.
  • Olive Branch Petition

    Olive Branch Petition

    Congress sends Olive Branch Petition to King George III
  • Patrick Henry

    Gives speech in house of Burgesses
  • Lexington and Concord

    Battle at Lexington/Concord
  • Continental Congress

    Second meeting. Washington leads new army
  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    Battle of Bunker Hill

    Battle
  • Thomas Paine

    Publishes Common Sense
  • Declaration of Independence

    Drafted by Thomas Jefferson
  • Baron Von Steuben

    trains the continental army at valley forge
  • Patriots

    Win at Saratoga
  • France

    Signs alliance to the US
  • General Clinton

    Captures 3000 patriot soldiers as he takes Charlestown, South Carolina
  • Treaty of Paris