American Revolution

  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763

    Banned colonists from expanding into the lands west of the mississippi river to protect native lands.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    Required that all official papers have a purchased stamp on them.
  • Quartering Act

    Quartering Act

    Forced Massachussettes colonists to house British soldiers after the French and Indian war
  • Townsend Act

    Townsend Act

    Imposed taxes on many goods essential to the function of the colonies.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    British troops fired apon a crowd of rowdy Colonists, killing five.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    Colonists discuised as native americans threw a large shipment of British tea into the Boston Harbor in protest if unfair British taxes.
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts

    A series of acts passed by parliment that massachussettes colonists used to fuel patriotic sentiments.
  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress

    Representives fromeach colony met in Philedlphia to discuss what to do about British over exertion of power and draft the Declaration of Rights.
  • Lexington and Concord

    Lexington and Concord

    Colonial minutemen met the British troops sent to sieze colonial weapon stores at Lexington and fought. The British won and moved on to Concord, where the colonists were less prepared. Often marked as the start of the American Revolution.
  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    Battle of Bunker Hill

    Colonists lost to the British, but inflicted heavy casualties which raised moral among Patriots.
  • Battle of Saratoga

    Battle of Saratoga

    Americans beat the British, marking a crucial turning point in the war.
  • Battle of Yorktown

    Battle of Yorktown

    Genral Cornwallis surendered to George Washington, ending the American Revolution.
  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris

    British and Americans signed the finaly treaty to end the American Revolution and grant the colonies independence.