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The Proclamation
The Proclamation issued to create boundaries between the 13 different colonies. -
Stamp act
The Stamp Act was issued to help pay for British troops that were stationed in the colonies in the seven years war. It was represented by colonists to pay a tax represented on letters, documents, and various forms of paper. -
Declaration Act
Assert the authority of the British government to tax its subjects to North America. -
Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts in consisted of taxes on glass, lead, paint,paper, and tea. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston massacre occurred with massive groups of colonists fighting with snowballs,ice, and rocks. With the British Empire even killing others. WHen the colonists who fought went to court John Adams was there representative and help win 5 out of the 7 people who went. -
Tea act
The main idea of the tea act was to reduce the amount of tea in the British East India. It in the end made the tea cheaper in the end. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party consisted of 30 to 130 men dumping and pouring 340 barrels of tea on the ship. They did it to protest the "No taxation without representation." -
The 1st Continental Congress
The main idea of the 1st Continental Congress was gaining Independence from England. This event was a meeting with the 12 delegates. -
Intolerable Acts
Four laws passed by The British Parliament to punish the Colony of Massachusetts to punish them for the Boston Tea Party. -
Lexington and Concord.
The first major military campaign of the American Revolutionary war with the result of America winning and embarked on a lengthy war to earn their independence. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
One of the bloodiest battles that consisted of fighting against American colonies and England were American colonies were defeated. Fought in Charlestown, Maryland. -
Washington crosses the Delaware
When Washington secured the Continental Army's first major victory of the American Revolutionary war. -
Nathan Hales execution
Nathan was executed by hanging because he was caught spying on the British. Nathan was spying for the Continental Army during that time. -
Common Sense
A 47 paged pamphlet illustrated by Thomas Paine to advocate independence from Great Britain to the 13 colonies. -
Declaration of Independence
A document stating the Independence for the UNited States and stating the separation of Great Britian. -
British surrender at Saratoga
The British launched a attack on the Americans but was unsuccessful and so they had no means of escape and surrendered to the Americans at Saratoga. -
France and U.S alliance
Formalized in the 1778 Treaty of Alliance, it was a military pact in which the French provided many supplies for the Americans. -
Benedict Arnold turns traitor
He fought with the American Continental Army leading up to be major general then to defecting to the British. -
Siege of Yorktown
Fought together France Army and the Navy, Washington's forces defeated Lord Charles Cornwallis veteran dug. -
Articals of Conferdation
An agreement between the 13 states of the United States, that served the nations first framed form of government.