Index

Revolutionary War

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    French and Indian War

    War between the British and French that caused high taxes for the colonies.

  • The Sugar Act

    tax on sugar by the British

  • The Stamp Act

    Tax on Stamps. Many documents in this time had to have stamps on them to be legal.

  • Townshend Act

    These laws placed new taxes on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea

  • Boston Massacre

    Shooting of five American colonists by British troops on March 5, 1770.
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    First Continental Congress

    Groups from every colony except Georgia who met to discuss liberty.

  • Lexington and Concord

    First shot fired of the war!

  • Second Continental Congress

  • George Washington named Comander in Chief

  • Battle of Bunker Hill

  • Declaration of Independence adopted

    Declaration was signed on 8/2/1776

  • Washington crossses the Delaware

    Crossed the Delaware river to capture Trenton on Christmas Night

  • First AMerican Flag sewn by Betsy Ross

  • FRench Alliance

    American Colonies ally themselves with the French

  • Charleston is captured by the British

  • Articles of Confederation

    Document on how the government would be set up after the war. State focused government.

  • Cornwall Surrenders

    American victory that ended the Revolutionary War on October 20, 1781.

  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty that officially ended the war.

  • U.S. Constitution Ratified