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Stamp Act
On March 22nd, 1765 the British government passed an act that enforced a stamp duty on the colonists.
(A duty is also called a tax) -
Quartering Act
The colonists were forced to allow the British into their homes. They had to provide necessities and a place to live. -
Boston Massacre
On March 5, 1770, British soldiers and a mob of colonists attacked each other. There were 5 deaths. -
Tea Act
A tax on tea to reduce the amount of tea that was being shipped to the colonists. The tax was meant to help British East India Company. -
Boston Tea Party
Colonists dressed up as Native Americans went aboard a ship at night that contained taxed tea and dumped all of it into the ocean. -
Lexington and Concord
The first battles in the American Revolution. -
Bunker Hill
A battle that was fought in the beginning part of our revolution. -
Yorktown
The battle in which the colonists won and negotiated surrender. -
Declaration of Independance
A statement that announced America as a new country. -
Treaty of Paris
A treaty between Britain and America that ended the revolutionary war. The British recognized that America's Independence. -
The First Presedent
George Washington became the first president of the United States after serving the colonies in the Revolution as a General. (I don't know the exact date) -
Scorces and Credits
This date was made to credit all of the commercial reusable images that I used in this presentation.