American Revolution

By arroncone

  • Navigation Acts

    Navigation Acts
    Parliament passed the acts to regulate colonial trade and manufacturing.

  • French and Indian War Ends

    French and Indian War Ends
    The English beat the French and Native Americans. After the war they were trained of their treasury and therefore forced colonists to pay for their own protection.

  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act
    This act taxed items such as newspapers and pamphlets. The colonists believed this went against their rights and grew angry at
    Parliament

  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    In Boston, British soldiers opened fired on a crowd that was pelting them with stones and snowballs. This event enhanced the colonists anger.

  • Tea Act

    Tea Act
    Parliament passed this act to put taxes on tea. The colonists responded to this by having the Boston Tea Party.

  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    Massachusetts colonists hurled a cargo of recently delivered tea into the harbor. Parliament passed hard laws on Massachusetts, the colonies rallied to help them.

  • Coercive/Intolerable Acts

    Coercive/Intolerable Acts
    The Parliament passed these acts to punish colonists after the Boston Tea Party

  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress
    Representatives from each of the colonies gathered in Philadelphia to discuss how to respond to Britain’s moves against Massachusetts.

  • Lexington and Concord

    Lexington and Concord
    The battle in Massachusetts fired the opening shots of the American Revolution.

  • Second Continental Congress

    Second Continental Congress
    The Continental Army was set up with George Washington in command. They also voted that they would declare independence from Britain.

  • Declaration of Independence was adopted

    Declaration of Independence was adopted
    The representatives all signed the Declaration of Independence, used enlightenment ideas to state their rights.

  • Winter at Valley Forge

    Winter at Valley Forge
    Continental troops suffered a brutal winter of hunger, cold, and disease.

  • Battle of Saratoga

    Battle of Saratoga
    The Americans triumphed over the British, persuading the French to join the Americans.

  • Battle of Yorktown

    Battle of Yorktown
    With the help of the French, Washington forced the British to surrender. With that defeat the British War effort crumbled.

  • U.S Constitution written

    U.S Constitution written
    The representatives wrote this to state the rights of all citizens and the fundamental laws of the nation.

  • U.S Constitution adopted

    U.S Constitution adopted
    The Constitution created a system of checks and balances and a federal republic.