Road to Independence

  • George III becomes King England

    George III becomes King England

  • The Stamp Act

    The Stamp Act

    The Stamp Act was a law that the British government followed. The Stamp Act means that all legal documents and printed papers used in the American colonies had to have an official stamp.
  • Stamp Act Congress meets in New York City

    Stamp Act Congress meets in New York City

    It started on the 7th and ended on the 25th of October.
  • Parliament Passes the Townshend Acts

    Imposing a tax on goods like glass, paint that the American colonist could not make for themselves selfs.
  • The Boston Massacre

    It small fight between a few American colonists and some British colonists who patrolled the streets in Bostin. Colonists felt violated and did not like them being there, so they throw stones and sticks at the soldiers. A soldier fired back which started the fight. A few people got killed and the rest were injured.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    The American colonist refused to buy tea from a company that was owned by the British and they destroyed several cargoes of tea the British responded harshly.
  • The Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts)

    A series of four laws was passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party.
  • First Continental Congress Meets in Philadelphia

  • The Olive Branch Petition

    The Continental Congress wrote the Olive Branch petition as a last-ditch effort to resolve problems with the Kind of Great Britain.
  • First Shot of the American Revolution

    Great Britain and the U.S break out in war at Lexington and Concord.
  • Second Continental Congress Meets in Philadelphia

    Delegates meet to discuss how they are going to hand the events of the war that broke out.
  • The adoption of the Declaration of Independence

    The 13th colonies officially declare their Independence from Great Britain and decide to become the Independent Nation.
  • The Adoption of the Article of Confederation

    This is America's first constitution. All though it was written in 1777, it would not be officially approved until 1781. All 13 colonies had to approve. Maryland would be the last state to sign off.
  • Treaty of Paris Signed- Official Ending of the American Revolutionary War