The American Revolution

By Beck.Huff

  • Colonial Cities

    busy commercial centers

  • Sugar Act

    Taxed tea, coffee, and sugar

  • Stamp Act

    Taxed paper products

  • Boston Massacre

    Killed five

  • Boston Tea party

    parliament passes harsher laws

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

    The American revolution

  • Declaration of Independence

    A reflection of several ideas of John Locke stating that the people had natural rights and it is the governments job to protect these rights or get altered or overthrown.

  • Battle of Saratoga

    Turning point in the revolutionary war

  • British Surrender at Yorktown,Virginia

    British general Charles Cornwellis surrenders after backup British ships never show

  • Constitutional Convention

    Meeting between the delegates of the 5 states to improve the Articles of confederation

  • Ratification of the US Constitution

    when the US Constitution was ratified in New Hampshire