The American Revolution

  • The French and Indian War

    The French and Indian War

    The war between Britain and the Colonies
  • Proclimation of 1763

    Proclimation of 1763

    A proclamation line along the Appalachians, which the colonists were not allowed to cross
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act

    Halved the duty on foreign-made molasses in the hopes that colonists would pay a lower tax rather than risk arrest by smuggling.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    Imposed a tax on documents and printed items such as wills, newspapers, and playing cards.
  • Sons of liberty is formed

    Sons of liberty is formed

    A group formed to protest the Stamp Act. Led by men such as Samuel Adams
  • Townshend Acts

    Townshend Acts

    Named after Charles Townshed, taxed goods that were imported into the colony from Britain. It also imposed a tax on tea
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    A mob gathered and taunted the British soldiers standing guard, Shots were fired. 5 colonists were killed or mortally wounded.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    Colonists threw tea into the Boston harbor to protest the tax on tea
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts

    Shut down Boston harbor. Authorized British commanders to house soldiers in cavant pricate homes and other buildings. Boston was placed under marital law.
  • First Continental Congress Meets

    First Continental Congress Meets

    56 Delegates met in Philadelphia and drew up a declaration of colonial rights
  • Battles of Lexington and Concord

    Battles of Lexington and Concord

    Troops were ordered to march to Concord and seize illegal weapons.
  • Publication of Common Sense

    Publication of Common Sense

    one guy's revolt began with Lexington and Concord
  • Second Continental Congress meets

    Second Continental Congress meets

    Debate their next move. Loyalties sparked endless debates.
  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    Battle of Bunker Hill

    British general decided to strike at militamen on Breed's Hill.
  • Olive Branch Petition

    Olive Branch Petition

    congress sent this petition to the king to return to the former harmony
  • Early British Victories

    Early British Victories

    Brandywine, Bunker Hill, Lexington, Quebec, and Fort Ticonderoga
  • Early Continental Army Victories

    Early Continental Army Victories

    Concord, Saratoga, and Trenton
  • Declaration of Independance

    Declaration of Independance

    The document declared the rights of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" to be unobtainable
  • Saratoga

    Saratoga

    American troops surrounded the British troops, and they surrendered
  • Valley Forge

    Valley Forge

    more than 2,000 soldiers died, but the survivors didn't bail
  • Friedrich von Steuben and Marquis de Lafayette

    Friedrich von Steuben and Marquis de Lafayette

    military leaders helped train the continental Army
  • British victories in the South

    British victories in the South

    They captured Charles Town, South Carolina, and then New York
  • British surrender at Yorktown

    British surrender at Yorktown

    an army of 7,500 was led onto the peninsula between the james and york rivers.
  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris

    Confirmed U.S. independance and set the boundaries of the new nation. The US stretched from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River.

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