The Road to Independence

By Lexy000
  • The French and Indian war

    The French and Indian war
    There was a conflict between Great Britain and France other known as the Seven Year War.
    The significance was to provide more land in North America for Great Brittan.
  • Albany Plan of Union

    Albany Plan of Union
    It was a plan to place the British north American colonies under a more centralized government.
    the first important proposal to conceive of the colonies as a collective whole united Under one government.
  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763
    It was British produced boundaries in the Appalachian Mountains
    It was made to keep the colonists under strict control
  • Quartering Act

    Quartering Act
    it was soldiers going to house to house to provide for them.
    the colonists were even more mad during the American Revaluation
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act
    It taxed sugar and decreased taxes in British colonies.
    the significance was at ending the smuggling trade in sugar from the French. it increased taxes
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act
    it was a law passed that required tax money to be payed by Britain on different types of papers.
    the colonists didn't like it, so they made a resistance with the slogan "no taxation without representation".
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    There was a deadly riot on King street in Boston between American colonists and a lone British soldier
    The significance of the Boston Massacre was there was unfair ruling again the American colonists and wealthy British rule.
  • The Tea Act

    The Tea Act
    It was a bill made to try and keep East India from bankruptcy.
    It forced the colonists to get tea, trade, and use ships
  • The Boston Tea Party

    The Boston Tea Party
    American colonists was mad at Britain for taxation so they dumped 342 chests of tea into the harbor.
    The significance was American colonists dumped a lot of tea into the water to protest about the taxation.
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts
    it was different laws passed by the British Parliament after the Boston Tea party.
    these laws were an example to the colonists that they could rebel again the British.
  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress
    It was held in carpenters hall in Philadelphia. representatives was gathered and they discussed America's future.
    it was important because it made it equal with Britain
  • Fort Ticonderoga

    Fort Ticonderoga
    3 different people went to surprise the British force overtaking there weapons
    it controlled access between Albany and Montreal
  • Second Continental Congress

    Second Continental Congress
    The government that brought the colonies together for the revaluation.
    It was a huge step to America's independence
  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    Battle of Bunker Hill
    The battle was done at Breed's Hill. The battle was between the British and America.
    It was a won for British. it took the British 3 times to get on the hill and it was only because America ran out of ammunition
  • Lexington and Concord

    Lexington and Concord
    this battle kicked off the revolutionary war. British soldiers went to concord to take away the colonists supplies.
    It started the American War pf Independence
  • Common Sense By Thomas Paine

    Common Sense By Thomas Paine
    This was about independence from Great Britain.
    it was very inspiring for a whole bunch of people
  • Evacuation of Boston

    Evacuation of Boston
    British had to evacuate Boston because George Washington placed soldiers in cannons.
    if he had attacked Boston the British would have been slaughtered
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence
    A document written by Thomas Jefferson declaring freedom from the colonies from Britain.
    God made all men equal, life, liberty, and to pursue happiness
  • Battle of Brandywine

    Battle of Brandywine
    British against America. after the win for British they took Philadelphia after the Brandywine

    British won and took brandy wine
  • Siege of Yorktown

    Siege of Yorktown
    The French helped the American beat the British. This was a very big victory for America and their allies.
    it was the last war of the Revolutionary war.