American Revolution

By Jesse mertz
  • The Stamp Act

    The Stamp Act

    “No taxation without representation” King George III and Prime Minister North issued The Coercive Acts or “Intolerable Acts”
  • The Intolerable Act

    The Intolerable Act

    A series of acts against the colonies set by the King to force them into submission.

  • The Declaration of Independence

    The 2nd Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence.

  • The Battle of Saratoga

    Colonists defeat the British, and was a key turning point, when France, Spain and the Netherlands join in aid the Americans.

  • The Battle of Yorktown

    The Americans and French trap the British army and end the British surrender, winning the war.
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    The Articles of Confederation

    Set up the central government, built the Congress and other governmental things like independent State governments.

  • American Revolutionary War

    The end of the American Revolutionary War, and a peace treaty in Paris is held, between The now free America and Great Britain.