Revolution

American Revolution

By leroyman450

  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act
    Imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents.

  • The Proclamation of 1763

    The Proclamation of 1763
    Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War

  • The Quatering Act

    The Quatering Act
    A name given to a minimum of two Acts of British Parliament in the local governments of the American colonies to provide the British soldiers with any needed accommodations or housing.

  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    A group of nine British soldiers opened fire on the crowd, killing five and wounding six men. Between the British soldiers and a crown of colonist in Boston

  • The Tea Act

    The Tea Act
    This act was an act by the Parliament of Great Britian that put taxes on the tea that people bought to drink.

  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    A group of about 70 men boarded on three British ships in the Boston harbor and threw their tea cargo in the sea.

  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts
    The American Patriots' name for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea party.

  • Revolutionary War Began

    Revolutionary War Began
    The Battle of lexington had started and this was the spark the began The American Revolutionary War.

  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    Battle of Bunker Hill
    This was the first great battle of the Revolutionary War. Fought near Boston.

  • Virginia Decleration of Rights

    Virginia Decleration of Rights
    A document drafted in 1776 to proclaim the inherent rights of men, including the right to rebel against inadequate government.

  • Decleration of Independance

    Decleration of Independance
    US Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence

  • Battle of Saratoga

    Battle of Saratoga
    This is marked as the turning point of the American Revolution.

  • French Alliance

    The United States and France sign the French Alliance which promised military support in case of attack by British forces indefinitely into the future.

  • Surrender of Yorktown

    Surrender of Yorktown
    Lord Cornwallis accepted the terms of surrender. Armed hostilities continued but with the Surrender of Yorktown, the American War of Independence was practically over.

  • End

    End
    On this day the United States and Great Britian signed the Treaty of Paris and this ended the American Revolution