Events of The American Revolution

  • Stamp Act of 1765

    Stamp Act of 1765

    Parliament taxed the British Colonies represented by a stamp.
  • Townshend Act of 1767

    Townshend Act of 1767

    Series of British acts that taxed goods in the American colonies
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    A riot occurred by British soldiers shooting a couple people out of a crowd because they were getting verbally abused.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    The Boston Tea party was a political protest held in Boston mad at the British for taxation without representation
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts

    Series of laws passed by British Parliament after the Boston Tea Party
  • Battles of Lexington and Concord

    Battles of Lexington and Concord

    The first military engagement of the Revolutionary War
  • Declaration of Independence adopted

    Declaration of Independence adopted

    when the Declaration of Independence was signed
  • Articles of Confederation

    Articles of Confederation

    First frame of the government
  • Battle of Yorktown

    Battle of Yorktown

    Battle ultimately concluding the American Revolution then Washington being the nation's first president.
  • Treaty of Paris signed

    Treaty of Paris signed

    King George III of Britain and American representatives signed a treaty ending all conflict.
  • Constitutional Convention

    Constitutional Convention

    The Constitutional Convention was a long event held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania of how America was going to be governed
  • 3/5 Compromise

    3/5 Compromise

    agreement that three-fifths of the slave population will be counted in the total population
  • Great Compromise

    Great Compromise

    Compromise where in the House of Representatives each state would be assigned a number of seats in proportion to its population.
  • Constitution

    Constitution

    Was ratified in !788 was written in 1787