American Revolution

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  • The Sugar Act

    Parliament passed an act in which Americans would have to pay an act on all sugar that came into their harbors.

  • The Passing of the Stamp Act

    The Stamp Act was passed by the British so that Americans would have to pay taxes on all printed material.
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    The American Revolution

    America fights for it's freedom from Britian

  • The Boston Massacre

    British soldiers kill five colonists in Boston. This was a key event in the causing of the Revolutionary War.

  • The Tea Act

    The British East India Company was a tea monopoly. Parliament passed a tax on tea to the Americas.

  • The Boston Tea Party

    The Boston Tea Party was when the Sons of Liberty dumped tea into the Boston harbor to rebel against the British.

  • The Intolerable Acts

    These were punishments for Americans set by the British after the Boston Tea Party.

  • The Beginning of the American Revolution

    The American Revolution began in 1775.

  • The Declaration of Independence

    The Declaration of Independence was signed saying that America was it's own country and would have no ties to the British government.

  • The French Enter the Revolutionary War

    The French enter the war and turn this simple war into an international epidemic.