American Revolution Era DiPietro

  • French and Indian War

    French and Indian War

    The war was between the North American colonies vs the French. This was to determine control of colonial territory located in North America
  • Sugar Act

    British put a tax on sugar because of the French and Indian war.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    Parliament put a direct tax on British colonies. It was their first attempt to raise revenue through newspaper advertisements, colonial transactions, and many more
  • Townshend Acts

    A series of 4 acts passed by the British Parliament. They imposed and enforced the collection of taxes.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    A British Army killed 5 people. Paul Revere and Samuel Adams were the main people of this
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    It was a protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts. They dumped 342 chests of tea into the harbor.
  • Intolerable Acts

    4 punitive laws passed by parliament after the Boston Tea Party. These meant to punish the colonists of Massachusetts.
  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress

    This was a meeting between 12 american colonies discussing in response to the intolerable acts
  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    Battle of Bunker Hill

    It was against the British and American patriots, the British won. After, the British captured the Charlestown peninsula.
  • Common Sense

    Common Sense

    Thomas Paine published a pamphlet called Common Sense. He wrote it to get independence
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    The Declaration of Independence was to show colonists what rights they have and don't have.
  • George Washington crosses the Delaware River

    Washington lead troops across the Delaware River to surprise attack the Hessian forces. This lead to the Battle of Trenton.
  • Alliance between France and US

    They both agreed to make a military alliance against Great Britain.
  • Articles of Confederation

    Articles of Confederation

    An agreement between the 13 original colonies that made the first constitution. It was written in November, but not ratified until March
  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris

    Ended the French and Indian war. France gave up all its territories in North American.