Surrender of lord cornwallis canvas john laurens 1820

Turning Point Timeline-American Revolution

By Aynea
  • French and Indian war

    French and Indian war

    The French and Indian war is the war that led the British into a huge debt. This is what led the parliament to place taxes on the colonist.
  • Proclamation act

    Proclamation act

    The American colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains in an attempt to ease tensions between the colonists and the Native Americans.
  • Sugar act

    Sugar act

    The colonist were upset because sugar goods or sugar products were limited and had to pay tax for sugar.
  • Stamp act

    Stamp act

    The colonist were upset because Stamps, stamp ink, paper, and led got taxed.
  • Tea act

    Tea act

    The colonist were upset because the tea was taxed
  • The Boston Tea party

    The Boston Tea party

    The colonist were mad because the tea got dumped in the harbor
  • Turning point

    The turning point was the Boston tea party because the colonists dumped the tea into the harbor because they were upset that the British imported laws on them
  • The intolerable acts

    The intolerable acts

    The king punished the colonist with the intolerable acts because of the Boston tea party
  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

    Battle of Lexington and Concord

    These battles were the first of the revolution. People knew this as the shot heard around the world
  • Olive branch petition

    Olive branch petition

    The colonist was punished for being loyal to the king.