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American Revolution Timeline

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    French & Indian War

    a battle between the british and french
    the britsish people employed native american (indain) help to defeat the french it was extremly pricey and led to the taxes that started the revolution
  • Sons of Liberty

    Sons of Liberty

    a group of colnst formed to protest british taxes they could often be violent but there main goal was to protect ther fellow man from tyranical rule and unfair taxes a famous member is george washington
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    Enlightenment

    the era of enlightenment where the amircans would revolt to gain freedom from british rule lead by leaders such as george washington and set off by the book common sense
  • Stamp Act of 1765

    Stamp Act of 1765

    required americans to pay tax on all printed material
    made to pay for the cost of the french indain war
    gaint resistance due to colonists seeing it as a viloation of there rights
  • townshend act of 1767

    townshend act of 1767

    put taxes on ink
    put taxes on paper
    put taxes on tea leading to the boston tea party
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    a protest against british taxes
    happened at griffen wharf boston
    disguesed as indains they borded the ships and dumped 324 chests of tea into the oceon
  • Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts)

    Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts)

    the acts set to punish Massachusetts for the boston tea party but colonists saw it as unfair and violation of there rights causing even more people to want to revolt as they forced people into homes had direct control over the town and closed off ports
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    First Continental Congress meets

    brought togheter 12 of the 13 states delagates to discuss their grivences of british rule and decide apon acts to reply to what they considered opressive laws
  • Second Continental Congress meets

    Second Continental Congress meets

    a metting in pensiilvania shortly after the start of the revoloutinary war in a place now known as independance hall the cngress gather 13 delagates one from each state to help guide the war that was to come
  • Declaration of Independence adopted

    Declaration of Independence adopted

    the day of imfamy now celbrated every year since the day that freed the colonies from british rule but the actuall sighning on the ofical paper was on augest 2th
  • boston massacare

    boston massacare

    british soldiors shot out into a croud of people
    5 died 6 wounded
    it was used heavily as propaganda to revolt against british rule
  • Battle of Camden

    Battle of Camden

    a desicive british victory
    led by cornwalis and loyalists
    only won becouse the enemy troops were extremly ill
  • Battle of Yorktown

    Battle of Yorktown

    a franco american mixed army led by george washington defeated lord cornwallis and his loyalist army when they were attemting to gain naval support effectivley ending the war making this one of the most iconic battle in the american revoloution
  • Constitution is ratified

    Constitution is ratified

    firs to ratify was delaware
    last to ratify was rohde island
    needed nine out of 13 states to agree to ratify to get it ratified
  • Bill of Rights adopted

    Bill of Rights adopted

    a joint house and senate confrence commite settled remian disagreements in september
    goerge washingten sent copies of the 12 ammendments
    only 3 fourths were ratified now known as bill of rights