Mrs. Becks Class!

  • French And Indian War

    French And Indian War

    This was a war on who would get the land they were fighting over.
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act

    This was a tax on sugar and molasses.
    April 5
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    Taxed on papered goods, legal documents, and all lisecenses.
    March 22
  • Townshend Acts

    Townshend Acts

    This was a tax on tea, lead, glass and paint.
    June-July
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    A street fight between British and Americans, and 5 people were killed.
  • Ticonderoga

    Ticonderoga

    The Americans take a fort from the British.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    This was an event were they dumped about 340 chests of tea over board and started selling tea for cheaper.
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts

    Banned town meetings and closed port of Boston to get back for the Boston Tea Party.
  • Lexington And Concord

    Lexington And Concord

    April 19, 1775
    Start of Revolutionary War and the British got ambushed.
  • Bunker Hill

    Bunker Hill

    This was part of Charlstown Island.
  • Declaration Of Independence

    Declaration Of Independence

    Written by Thmoas Jefferson, anyone who signed this and was caught was hung.
  • Common Sense

    Common Sense

    This was a 50 page pamflet, no kings were under common sense.
  • Battle Of Trenton

    Battle Of Trenton

    Washinton took his army and faught a group Britsh men that also hired germans because they didnt have enough people. December 26