War pics

Revolution-Grace McCarthy

  • Proclamation

    Proclamation

    Line prohibiting settlement beyond the Appalachian Mountains made by King George III
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    American Revolution

  • Stamp Act of 1765

    Stamp Act of 1765

    A tax set on stamps to pay for English soldiers.
  • Townshend Taxes and the Boston Massacre

    Townshend Taxes and the Boston Massacre

    Mass taxes on 50 different items for colonists. Confrontation between 60 colonists and 8 soldiers. 11 colonists were killed or injured.
  • The Boston Tea Party

    The Boston Tea Party

    A revolt where colonists dressed up as Mohawk Indians and dumped 15,000 lbs. of tea into the Boston Harbor.
  • The Intolerable Acts

    The Intolerable Acts

    A set of acts that stripped Massachusetts of self gov't and historic rights.
  • The First Continental Congress

    The First Continental Congress

    The first Continental Congress met in Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia, from September 5, to October 26, 1774
  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

    Battle of Lexington and Concord

    Also referred to as "the battle heard from 'around the world". At concord the British found out about a secret stash and tried to find it but then found out the it was empty.
  • Second Continental Congress

    Second Continental Congress

    George Washington was the commanding general. The colonist were getting tired of the Red coats atttacking them. They colonistst needed another way to depend themselves.
  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    Battle of Bunker Hill

    Known as the bloodiest war. 1000 British red coats were killed and only about 400 colonist were killed. A famous quote is "Don't fire until you can see the whites of their eyes".
  • Thomas Paine's Common Sense

    Thomas Paine's Common Sense

    Written for the common people. Was the first document that asked for Independence from Britain.
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    Was the official document saying that America was no longer apart of British rule. It was written by Thomas Jefferson, and had 56 delegates sign it.
  • Battles of Saratoga

    Battles of Saratoga

    There was 2 main battles, Freeman's farm and Bemis Heights.
  • Battle at Yorktown

    Battle at Yorktown

    The colonist won this war against the British because they had help from the French.
  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris

    This treaty was the ending of the Revolutionary war.