American Revolution

  • French and Indian War

    French and Indian War

    France and the Native Americans fought England. England won but had a debt.
  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763

    To prevent conflicts between colonists and Native Americans, England told the colonists they could not settle west of the Appalachian Mountains
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    The tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. Legal documents, licenses, playing cards were taxed, etc.
  • Townshend Act

    Townshend Act

    series of four acts passed by the British Parliament
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    Redcoats fire on unarmed colonists.
  • Tea Act

    Tea Act

    Tea Act was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    Colonists, led by Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty, boarded three ships in the Boston harbor and threw 342 chests of tea overboard.
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts

    Laws that punished Boston for the Tea Party protest.
  • Lexington and Concord

    Lexington and Concord

    First battle of the American Revolution
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    The declaration of independence is an article written by Thomas Jefferson in 1776. It proclaimed the right to independence for the American colonies to separate from Great Britain.
  • Battle of Saratoga

    Battle of Saratoga

    Turning point of war. France decides to help America
  • Valley Forge

    Valley Forge

    Valley Forge was the military camp in southeastern Pennsylvania, where the American Continental Army spent the winter during the American Revolutionary War.
  • Battle of Yorktown

    Battle of Yorktown

    The Americans and the French surround and defeat the British. Last Battle
  • Treaty of Paris of 1783

    Treaty of Paris of 1783

    Treaty that ended the war. England recognized America's Independence