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American Revolution - turning point

  • French & Indian war

    French & Indian war

    A 7-year conflict between the colonists and England against the French and American Indians.
  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763

    parliament stopped the colonists from expanding west of the Appalachian mountains.
  • The sugar act

    The sugar act

    British parliament to control economic activity in the American colonies by limiting what sugar products could buy and sell.
  • Stamp act

    Stamp act

    was like a tax on paper, letters, newspapers, and even decks of cards.
  • The Boston massacre

    The Boston massacre

    An altercation between the redcoats and the colonists, which led to 5 unarmed colonists dying.
  • Tea act

    Tea act

    made the colonists only be able to buy tea from British approved merchants.
  • Boston tea party

    Boston tea party

    The colonists dumped a large number of chests of tea into the Boston harbor to make the king lose a lot of money.
  • Intolerable acts

    Intolerable acts

    Prohibited the colonists from going into the Boston Harbor and limited the number of times the colonists could do town meetings.
  • battles of Lexington and Concord

    battles of Lexington and Concord

    The first-ever battle of the American revolution.
  • Olive Brach treaty

    Olive Brach treaty

    The final attempt of the colonists to stop the American revolution from happening.
  • Turning point - Battle of Saratoga

    Turning point - Battle of Saratoga

    When the battle of saratoga finished British troops were diminished by the continental army boosting morale through the troops and in the process gaining an ally; France.