Revolutionarywar

Revolutionary War

By Tiffany McFall

  • Signing of the Treaty of Paris

    Signing of the Treaty of Paris
    Ending of the 7 year war, also known as the French and Indian war in Noth America.

  • Proclomation of 1763

    Proclomation of 1763
    War of the cost of defending the colonies, George III prohibited al settlement west of the Appalachain Mountains without guarantees of security of local North American nations.

  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act
    An act that increased the taxes on foreign coffee, indigo, and certain kinds of wine.

  • French and Indian War

    French and Indian War
    War fought between Great Britain and its two enemies, the French and the Indians of North America.

  • The Stamp Act

    The Stamp Act
    The stamp act in March of 1765 was an act of congress, where every newspaper, and other public or legal documents have to be stamped.

  • Patrick Henry's "If this be treason..." speech

    Patrick Henry's "If this be treason..." speech
    The speech ends " give me liberty, or give me death."

  • Townshend Revenue Acts

    Townshend Revenue Acts
    These new laws have placed new taxes on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea.

  • British Troops arrive in Boston

    British Troops arrive in Boston
    In response to political unrest.

  • The Boston Massacre

    The Boston Massacre
    The shooting of 5 American colonist by British troops.

  • The Boston Tea Party

    The Boston Tea Party
    In Boston Harbor, a group of Massachusetts colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians board three British tea ships and dump 342 chests of tea into harbor.