american revolution

  • proclamation of 1763

    proclamation of 1763
    set a treaty that set boundries on their land
  • quartering act

    quartering act
    forced colonist to let brithish soldiers stay and provide food for them at their house
  • stamp act

    stamp act
    the brithish made colonist pay taxes for their debt from the french indian war
  • townshend act

    townshend act
    the brithish tried to secretly tax colonist
  • boston massacre

    boston massacre
    5 people were shot during a riot by redcoats
  • boston tea party

    boston tea party
    threw tea in the ocean as a protest
  • intolerable acts

    intolerable acts
    many people didnt like the taxes they ere being charged with
  • first continental congress

    first continental congress
    one persone from each colony got together to protest againts the british
  • lexington concord

    lexington concord
    started with an accidental gunshot
  • battle of bunker hill

    battle of bunker hill
    british won the war which made americans retreat
  • battle of saratoga

    battle of saratoga
    turning point of the war, americans were winning
  • battle of yorktown

    battle of yorktown
    the war where the brithish lost
  • treaty of paris

    treaty of paris
    treaty that tried to make peace with the british