The Road to Freedom in America

  • French and Indian war

    French and Indian war

    The French and American Indians fought against British colonists for land
  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763

    King George III said hatbox no settlements were allowed past a line drawn along the Appalachian mountains
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act

    The British taxed the colonists on sugar and other sugar-based products
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    A British tax on the colonists imposed on all paper documents
  • Quartering Act

    Quartering Act

    Act of parliament forcing to house and provide for British soldiers in the colonies
  • Townshend Act

    Townshend Act

    The act imposing a tax on paint, paper, lead, glass, and tea
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    A sentry of soldiers that were sorrounded by angry colonists let loose several shots upon the crowd killing five men
  • Tea Act

    Tea Act

    Act passed to help get the large supply of tea out of British warehouses
  • Boson Tea Party

    Boson Tea Party

    The colonial protest where a bunch of men dressed up as Native Americans boarded British ship and dumped tea in he Boston harbor
  • Coercive Acts

    Coercive Acts

    The acts that blocked the Boston harbor and made the colonists stop having government meetings
  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress

    Meeting to talk about the colonists' response to the coercive acts
  • Lexington and Concord

    Lexington and Concord

    The first battles of the American Revolution also know as "the shot heard round the world"
  • Second continental congress

    Second continental congress

    The meeting where the Declaration of Independence was adopted and colonial war efforts were managed
  • Saratoga

    Saratoga

    The turning point in the war. The French joined forces with the colonists because of the colonial win here
  • Winter at Valley Forge

    Winter at Valley Forge

    The time period in which french men were training colonists to be soldiers
  • Yorktown

    Yorktown

    The final battle in the American revolution where Cornwallis surrendered
  • Treaty of Paris 1783

    Treaty of Paris 1783

    The treaty negotiated between the United States and Great Britain recognizing American independence