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Navigation act
A law made by the British parliament to regulate colonial trading and manufacturing. This makes Americans still dependent on England. -
French and Indian war ends
British war to take more land from the French.
Ended through the Treaty of Paris. -
Stamp Act
Law made by British Parliament to tax paper items: such as newspapers and pamphlets. This is to stop the colonists from banning together against Britain. -
Boston Massacre
British soldiers shoot at the colonists, when colonists decide to throw rocks and snowballs at the British soldiers. -
Tea Act
Law from the British Parliament to tax the colonists’ tea from England. -
Boston Tea Party
To revolt the tax on tea, the colonists attack a ship from England. Then they throw the tea overboard. -
Coercive/Intolerable Acts
4 terrible laws from the British Parliament, in order to punish Americans for revolting. -
First Continental Congress
Gathered to discuss the unjust laws that Britain has enforced on the colonies. -
Lexington and Concord
Where the first shots of the American Revolution were fired. -
Second Continental Congress
Where the Americans prepare for war against the British. -
Declaration of Independence adopted
A form used to declare independence against Britain. -
Winter at Valley Forge
While the army struggled with the cold, hunger, and disease; George Washington was strong, courageous, and determined. -
Battle of Saratoga
This was one of the first wars that the Americans won. France also decided to join the revolution after this war. -
Battle of Yorktown
The last war where the British surrender. -
U.S Constitution was Written
The founding fathers ban together to write laws for their new country. -
U.S Constitution was Adopted
Once the colonists agreed to the constitution, our government was able to form.