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The Sugar act
The Sugar Act was passed by Great Britain was similar to the Molasses act which had imposed taxes on molasses per gallon. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act of 1765 was the first internal tax on the American colonists by the British government. The act, imposed the tax on all paper documents in the colonies -
Quartering act
The Quartering act is a minimum of two Acts of the British Parliament in the local governments of the American Colonists. This act required the American Colonists to house the British troops, they had to provide food and other things the British troops needed. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was the killing of five colonists by the British regulars. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was when Samuel Adams and other colonists boarded three ships in the Boston Harbor and threw chests of tea overboard. -
The Tea Act
The Tea Act was the Parliament of Great Britain, this act was to reduce the amount of tea held by the financially troubled by the British East India Company -
Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord kicked off the American Revolutionary War. The night before many British troops marched from Boston the near Concord, there they had to seize in arms cache. Paul Revere and other colonists rode around and alarmed other colonists. -
Bunker Hill
Bunker Hill battle was fought near Boston in June 1775. The British made the Americans move from their fort in Breeds Hill, to Bunker Hill. But that only happened after they Americans ran out of gun powder. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was written by Thomas Jefferson declaring the freedom of the 13 colonies from Great Britain. -
Yorktown
The last battle in the Revolutionary war was fought in 1781 near the seacoast of Virginia. The British general Lord Cornwallis surrendered his army to General George Washington.. -
The Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris was when the United States and Great Britain ended the Revolutionary War and recognized Americas independence. -
Credits and Sorces
All images were found on Google Images and are commercial reusable. December 31 1785 is not a historical date.
