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Proclamation of 1763
This proclamation was set so that the English colonists weren't allowed to settle west of the Appalachian mountains so there were no problems between them. The proclamation was worthless seeing as they didn't obey it. -
Sugar Act
This law was put in place to stop smuggling of sugar and molasses by reducing the tax rate. The colonists were angry about the sugar act that 50 letters were sent to the parliament and it was repealed a year later. -
Stamp Act
This was a tax imposed on all american colonists to pay a tax for every newspaper or printed paper they used. The colonists protested against it and it got repealed. -
Repeal of Stamp Act
The same day of the stamp act repeal, to make the problem clear, the declaratory act was passed. -
Boston Massacre
The redcoats arrived in Boston on September 28, 1768. The shot was the "shot heard around the world" and it's still unknown as to who exactly shot first. -
Boston Tea Party
Boston colonists disguised themselves as Indians and threw chests full of tea onto the harbor to protest the British taxes on tea. This put the Intolerable acts in place. -
Intolerable Acts
Intolerable Acts were laws passed by the British parliament after the Boston tea party. General Thomas Gage forbid town meetings without approval. The colonists voiced their opposition as locals. -
2nd continental congress
This meeting came together to reconvene the 1st continental congress. it was a meeting between the delegates from the 13 colonies. -
Lexington and Concord
The start of the revolutionary war. Many battles followed after this one, in 1783 the colonists won their independence. -
Declaration of Independence
Written by Thomas Jefferson. It was written to announce and explain why they're separating from Great Britain. -
Battle of Saratoga
The turning point in the american revolutionary war. Even though his troops were weakened he strikes again only 18 days after the first battle. -
Valley Forge
The British had captured the American capital of Philadelphia. Commanded by George Washington. Hundreds died from disease in the cold winter. -
Battle Of Yorktown
The final and most important battle in the American Revolutionary War. Washington ordered 5000 troops to block the escape of Cornwallis from Yorktown.
