The Revolutionary War

By rileybusick
  • French and Indian War ends

    French and Indian War ends

    The war between the French and the English. The Indians fought on the side of the French.
  • treaty of paris

    treaty of paris

    The first Treaty of Paris. Officially ends the French and Indian war.
  • Pontiac's rebelion

    Pontiac's rebelion

    A rebellion of Native Americans. This rebellion was led by Ottawa chief Pontiac.
  • proclamation of 1763

    proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation made by King George III. This proclamation prohibited the colonists from moving farther west.
  • stamp act

    stamp act

    England placed a high tax on stamps. This angered colonists because they needed stamps for all paper documents.
  • quartering act

    quartering act

    The English adding laws allowing British military to stay anywhere they wanted. They could show up a colonists’ door and just decide that they are staying there. This angered the colonists.
  • stamp act congress

    stamp act congress

    This was the call for no taxation without representation. The colonists insisted that they have representation in the British parliament.
  • the townshend act

    the townshend act

    Acts that imposed high taxes on important things for colonists. Some of these items included tea, glass, and paper.
  • boston massacre

    boston massacre

    The colonists were throwing snowballs at the British soldiers and yelling at them. The British soldiers them began shooting at the unarmed colonists.
  • boston tea party

    boston tea party

    The colonists were mad about the taxes on tea. In protest the dumped nearly 1 million dollars’ worth of tea into the Boston Harbor.
  • coercive acts

    coercive acts

    The British were angry with the colonists after the Boston Tea Party. As punishment the British government put in place four acts.
  • first continental congress

    first continental congress

    The first government for the 13 colonies. Met in reaction the coercive acts.
  • lexington and concord

    lexington and concord

    These battles were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. The battles marked the outbreak of open armed conflict between Great Britain and its thirteen colonies.
  • second continental congress

    second continental congress

    Meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Representatives from each of the 13 colonies met to discuss if they should begin the revolutionary war or not.
  • declaration of independace

    declaration of independace

    The document that declared The United States independence from Great Britain. Written by Thomas Jefferson.
  • battle of saratoga

    battle of saratoga

    The turning point of the war. The colonial soldiers won this battle and the British surrendered.
  • battle of yorktown

    battle of yorktown

    This date marks the end of the Battle of Yorktown. This was the final battle of the Revolutionary War and The US came out victorious.
  • treaty of paris

    treaty of paris

    Second Treat of Paris. The treaty that ended the revolutionary war. Great Britain recognized the US as an independent nation.