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The American Revolution By Darrian and Thomas

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    The American Revolution

  • King George Signs Proclamation of 1763

    King George Signs Proclamation of 1763

    The Proclamation of 1763 was an act that ordered all settlers to leave the Ohio Valley and return to the established colonies. Source:Historychannel.com
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act

    Also known as the Revenue Act, this controlled colonial trade of sugar molasses, and other products. This also meant there was a tax on sugar against the colonists. Source: "Creating America" textbook
  • The Quartering Act of 1765

    The Quartering Act of 1765

    Colonists were forced to house, or quarter, British soldiers and supply them at the colonies' cost. Source: ushistory.org
  • The British Pass The Stamp Act

    The British Pass The Stamp Act

    The purpose of the act was to enable the government to tax legal and business papers used in America. Source:Historychannel.com
  • Townshend Acts

    Townshend Acts

    The british put taxes on tea,paper,lead, and glass. Source:Historychannel.com
  • The Boston Massacre

    The Boston Massacre

    A crowd of colonists gathere near a group of British soldiers.The crowd began to throw stones and snowballs,and the soldiers began to fire at the colonists killing some on the spot. Source:Historychannel.com
  • The Tea Act

    The Tea Act

    This Tea act forced colonists to pay a tax for their tea. Source: "Creating America" textbook
  • The Boston Tea Party

    The Boston Tea Party

    Colonists were outraged at the fact that they were being taxed on tea,and decided to dump 342 chests of tea into the sea. Source: "Creating America" textbook
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts

    These were a series of laws by which to punish the colonists. These acts included: Boston Port Act, which shut down Boston's Port, Impartial Administration of Justice Act, which allowed the governor of a colony to move the trial to another place, Massachusets Bay Regulating Act, which did not allow Boston to hold a town meeting, Quartering Act, where colonists housed Brithish soldiers, and the Quebec Act, which granted civil government and religious freedom for the citizens of Quebec.
  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress

    This was the meeting of the colonies' first continental congress, where they spoke about the Intolerable Acts. Source: ushistory.org
  • Lexington and Concord

    Lexington and Concord

    Samuel Adams,John Hancock, and Patrick Henry led a group of men called minutemen to a battle with the British military. Source:Historychannel.com
  • The Declaration Of Independence

    The Declaration Of Independence

    Thomas Jefferson was the writer of this article explaining that there be a seperation between britain and the colonies. Source:Historychannel.com