The American Revolution

  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763

    Issued by King George, this was to forbade all settlement past a line drawn across the appalachian mountains.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    This imposed a tax on all newspapers, legal, and commercial documents.
  • Quartering Act

    Quartering Act

    This provided housing, food, etc to soilders coming home from the war.
  • Townshed Act

    Townshed Act

    This was a series of acts passed by the parliment of Great Brittain
  • Boston Masacre

    Boston Masacre

    It wad a street fight between Brittish soilders and a "patriot" mob, where the Patriot mob was throwing all sorts of things at the soilders, many deaths had occurred that day.
  • BostonTea Party

    BostonTea Party

    This was a defining even in history that left enormous impact that lead to the American Revolution in Massachusetts.
  • Intolorable Acts

    Intolorable Acts

    Passed by the Brittish Parliament as punishment for the destruction when the Boston Tea Party occurred.
  • First continental congress

    First continental congress

    Delegates from all 13 colonies (except Georgia) met in Philidelphia to organize colonial resistance to Intolerable Acts
  • Lexington and Concord

    Lexington and Concord

    These were the first battles of the Revolutionary War. These wars happend because the Brittish commander had heard of gunpowder, weapons, etc had been being collected in the towns of Lexington and Concord.
  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    Battle of Bunker Hill

    This is where Brittish defeated the Americans. Despite their loss, the colonial forces did inflict significant casualties which led them to have a confidenc boost.
  • Battle of Saratoga

    Battle of Saratoga

    This was the turning point of the Revolutionary War.
  • Battle of Yorktown

    Battle of Yorktown

    Last major battle of the American Revolution. The continental army led by George Washington won, against Brittish troops led by Lord Charles Cornwallis.
  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris

    This ended the Revolutionary War, also recognized American independence.