American Independance

By kaylagoddard

  • French and Indian War

    French and Indian War
    War between Britain and France over the Ohio River Valley.

  • Treaty of Paris 1763

    Treaty of Paris 1763
    Treaty that ended the French and Indian War.

  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763
    Forbade settlement past a line drawn on the Appalachian Mountains.

  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act
    Tax on sugar, molasses, silk, wine, coffee and indigo.

  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act
    Tax on paper.

  • Quartering Act

    Quartering Act
    The British passed the quartering act for the colonies which stated that every home should have a place for British soldiers to stay in if they wished.

  • Declaratory Act

    Declaratory Act
    Repeal of the Stamp Act.

  • Townshend Acts

    Townshend Acts
    Tax on paper, paint, lead and glass

  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    Group of kids were messing with British soldiers, a crowed gathered and started throwing snowballs, British soldiers started to fire and killed 5.

  • Tea Act

    Tea Act
    Tax placed on imported tea.

  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    Sons of Liberty dressed up as Native Americans and dumped 1 million dollars of tea into the Boston harbor in protest to the tea act.

  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts
    Closed Boston port. Took away trial by jury. Quartering of soldier. These acts took away the colonists' rights.

  • 1st Continental Congress

    1st Continental Congress
    Wrote Olive Branch Petition.

  • Battles of Lexington and Concord

    Battles of Lexington and Concord
    The clash of British and Patriot forces. British suffer unexpected heavy casualties.

  • 2nd Continental Congress

    2nd Continental Congress
    Made continental army, voted for the Declaration of Independence.

  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    Battle of Bunker Hill
    Patriots surrender Bunker Hill in Boston after a hard fought battle. Proved the Patriots to be a genuine army.

  • Olive Branch Petition

    Olive Branch Petition
    Attempt to get colonists rights back from King.

  • Common Sense

    Common Sense
    Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine to convince people on the edge about independence that it's what's best for the colonies.

  • Declaration of independance

    Declaration of independance
    Document stating we are now independent from Great Britain.

  • Battle of Saratoga

    Battle of Saratoga
    Burgoyne surrenders at Saratoga, NY. Patriot victory secures French aid.

  • Battle of Yorktown

    Battle of Yorktown
    French and American forces trap the British at Yorktown, VA. The British surrender thus ending the war.

  • Treaty of Paris 1783

    Treaty of Paris 1783
    Treaty that ended the American Revolution.