Bill of rights

The American Revolutionary War

  • French and Indian war

    French and Indian war

    Britain and France fought each other to control most of N. America.
  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763

    King George III signed the proclamation to forbid all settlers from passing the border line west of the Appalachian mountains. King George did this to reserve it for the Indians.
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act

    An American Revenue Act passed by the parliament of Great Britain on the American colonies to raise Revenue
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    An act that imposed American colonists to pay tax.
  • Quartering Act

    Quartering Act

    Provide British soldiers housing and food in the local colonies.
  • Townshend Act

    Townshend Act

    Collect revenue from the colonists by giving them custom duties.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    The British army shot and killed 5 people under attack by a mob.
  • Tea Act

    Tea Act

    Reduce surplus of tea and save British companies.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    Samuel Adams and sons of liberty boarded on 3 British ships and dumped hundreds of tea carts at the Boston Harbor. This made Britain lose millions of dollars.
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts

    Punish the colonists for throwing tea shipment into the Boston harbor.
  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress

    A meeting of 12 of the 13 colonies before the American Revolution war began.
  • Lexington and Concord - Beginning of the Revolution

    Lexington and Concord - Beginning of the Revolution

    The first military engagement of the American Revolutionary war.
  • Second Continental Congress

    Second Continental Congress

    Managed the colonial war effort and strived the U.S declaration of Independence.
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    Statement by the second continental congress meeting at the Pennsylvania state house in Philadelphia.
  • Articles of Confederation

    Articles of Confederation

    The first U.S constitution.
  • Battle of Yorktown

    Battle of Yorktown

    George Washington led the Continental army along with the French against the British at Yorktown.
  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris

    A negotiation between the U.S and Great Britain that finally ended the Revolutionary war.
  • New Constitution

    New Constitution

    Made laws and rights for the citizens that was signed in Philadelphia along with George Washington.
  • Bill of Rights

    Bill of Rights

    The first ten amendments to the U.S constitution that was signed by James Madison.