HannahM -American Revolution

  • French and Indian War

    French and Indian War

    Great Britain, France ,and the Indians fought over the Ohio River Valley because they wanted the land and world power, but Great Britain won.
  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763

    King George III resticted the colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Moutains because they were reserved for the Indians.
  • The Stamp Act

    The Stamp Act

    Parliament passed a tax on alll printed papers called the Stamp act that payed for the French and Indian War.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    Colonists taunted the British soliders which then shot in the confusion , Paul Revere called this event propaganda.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    Paul Revere, Samuel Adams and a group of patriots did this to protest the tax passed by Parliament called the Tea Act by tossing tea into the harbor.
  • 1st Continentl Congress

    1st Continentl Congress

    All thirteen colonies exept Georgia met in the town of Phiadelphia to discuss the problems they had with Great Britain.
  • Battles of Lexington and Concord

    Battles of Lexington and Concord

    British soldiers and minutemen fought here it was the first armed battle of the Revolutionary, and they fought at Concord and it was called the shot heard 'round the world.
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    Benjamin Franklin helped Thomas Jefferson write the important document officially aprroved July 4, 1776
  • Battle of Saratoga

    Battle of Saratoga

    Continental Army victory, but it was turning point in the war because France joined the Continental Army when they beat Great Britain.
  • Surrender at Yorktown

    Surrender at Yorktown

    This the end of the Revolutinary War it was an American victory,but Lord Cornwallis surrendered to the colonies.
  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris

    Great Britain finally recognized the colonies independence and let them expand there territory to as far as the Mississippi River to the Atlantic Ocean