Making of America

  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris

    ended the french and indian war between great britain and france
  • French and Indian War

    French and Indian War

    seven years war AKA between great britain and france, british victory
  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763

    allows colonists to go as far as the appalachian mountains and will be brought back by red coats if any further
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act

    parliament tax on all molasses and sugar
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    first parliament tax, requries colonist to pay taxes on any paper products
  • Quartering Act

    Quartering Act

    makes colonists provide british soldiers the proper food and housing
  • Townshend Acts

    Townshend Acts

    designed to collect revenue from the colonists by putting customs on imports of glass, lead, paper, paints, and tea
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    colonists were throwing rocks at red coats and fire was yelled and red coats shot and killed 5 colonists. first american revolutionary war deaths
  • Tea Act

    Tea Act

    parliament act where it reduces all the tea being held by British East India Company
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    colonists dressed as mohawk indians and boarded british ships and dumped about 90k lbs of tea into the harbor in protest of taxes
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts

    puny acts in massachusetts punishing colonists for throwing tea into the harbor
  • 1st Continental Congress

    1st Continental Congress

    meeting among government men where they established a militia
  • Battles of Lexington and Concord

    Battles of Lexington and Concord

    the first military engagements in the revolutionary war, fought in the towns of massachusetts
  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    Battle of Bunker Hill

    the british won against the colonists in massachusetts but battle gave colonists a confidence booster
  • Olive Branch Petition

    Olive Branch Petition

    last document sent to king george iii asking to avoid war of independence from great britain
  • Common Sense

    Common Sense

    pamphlet by thomas paine about independence from great britian and how it was commen sense to break away
  • declaratory act

    declaratory act

    was implied when they repealed the stamp act ad stated that britain has tax powers that are equal in america and great britain
  • 2nd Continental Congress

    2nd Continental Congress

    2nd meeting of delegates from the colonies after shot heard round the world and they establish george washington as military commander
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    document made at the 2nd continental congress declaring america and the colonies free from great britain
  • Battle of Saratoga

    Battle of Saratoga

    revolutionary war turning point, british surrender to america
  • Battle of Yorktown

    Battle of Yorktown

    colonists seize yorktown virginia with an american victory
  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris

    ended american revolutionary war and gave america independence