Timeline - Fields - Sayre

  • Treaty of Paris

    • British win a chunk of North America
    • Britain gets Canada
    • British Empire strengthens
  • The Stamp Act

    -King George III kept making taxs higher
    -George III forced obedience
  • Declaration of Independence

    -Drafted by Thomas Jefferson
    -Established the United States
    -Philosophy of John Locke
  • Battle of Saratoga

    -Colonist defeat Burgoyne's
    -Turning point in war
    -Seeing Victory
  • Battle of Yorktown

    -American and French trap Cornwallis's army
  • Treaty of Paris

    -Ended American revolution
    -Ben Franklin was a negotiator
    -Lerger territory was acquired
  • Articles of Confederation

    -Setup central government
    -Seeing state governments were formed
    -Very weak central government