The American Revolution

  • The Proclamation of 1763

    The Proclamation of 1763
    This was an Act signed saying that the colonists couldn't move west past the appilations.
  • The Stamp Act

    The Stamp Act
    This Act put a tax on every piece of paper that was used in the colonies
  • The Quartering Act

    The Quartering Act
    The Quartering Act was passed by parliment to say that the colonists had to give shelter to British soldiers if they came knocking.
  • Townshend Act

    Townshend Act
    This was a series of acts given my Charles THownshend
  • The Boston Massacre

    The Boston Massacre
    The Boston Massacre was a sreet fight that occured between a Bristish patrol and a mob of Colonists
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    This was a response to the tea act, that british imposed on the colonists. they snuck onto british ships and threw LOTS of tea of into the harbor
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts
    these acts were mainly made to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party
  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress
    delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies, met for the first time and disscused what they were going to do with Britain
  • Lexington and Concord

    Lexington and Concord
    The was a small battle but it was the first real battle with roughly 80 colonists and 700 British soldiers... we lost.
  • BAttle OF bunker Hill

    BAttle OF bunker Hill
    TAhis was an early battle in the Revolutionary war. though it was a defeat it gave confidence to the Americans
  • Battle of Saratoga

    Battle of Saratoga
    This was a turning point in the Revolutionary war because it was a big victory for America
  • Battle of Yorktown

    The French and Americans Team up to fight the British
  • treaty of paris

    the formal Ending treaty to the war