Revolutionary War

By jacobsoccer14

  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act
    British raised taxes on both sugar and molasses for the colonists.

  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act
    British add taxes on newspapers, licences, and colonial paper products.

  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    Bristish soldiers fire into a crowd of colonists, leaving five men killed. Colonists then prostested and brought soldiers to trial.

  • The Tea Act

    The Tea Act
    British raised taxes on colonists tea. The British then lowered the taxes on their tea.

  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    Colonists, dressed as Indians, snook onto ships filled with tea and threw 340 tea chests into the harbor.

  • Intolerable Act

    Intolerable Act
    (THERE IS NO EXACT DATE) The Britich closed the Boston Harbor and required the colonists to house British Soldiers.

  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

    Battle of Lexington and Concord
    Melitia gathered at Lexington and failed to beat the British. They then beat the British at Concord.

  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    Battle of Bunker Hill
    British drive the Americans from Breed's Hill.

  • Battle of Long Island

    Battle of Long Island
    Patriots won the battle because of the weather.

  • Battle of Trenton

    Battle of Trenton
    American soldiers took more than 900 prisoners.

  • Battle of Saratoga

    Battle of Saratoga
    Turning point of the Revolutionary War. Spain and France joined the Americans.

  • Battle of Yorktown

    Battle of Yorktown
    General Cornwallis surrendered and the patriots won the battle.