American Revolution

  • French Indian War

    French Indian War
    The british and french fought for the ohio river valley. The british won, but it cost a lot of money and they went in debt. Because of this they had to tax colonists and this started a divide between the colonists and the british
  • Stamp act

    Stamp act
    The stamp act was a act of parliament of great britian that put taxes on newspaper, almanacs, pamphlets and more. The stamps were affixed to documents to show that the taxes were paid
  • Quartering Act

    Quartering Act
    The law was passed for american colonist to provide food, shelter and other things for british soilders in america,
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    The Boston Massacre was a deadly riot of many american colonist protesting that went to nine British soilders shooting and killing them
  • Battles of Lexington and Concord

    Battles of Lexington and Concord
    The battles of Lexington and Concord kicked of the war of American independence and was the first major military campaign of the war, The battle was against Massachusetts colonist that fought and outnumbered british authority
  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    Battle of Bunker Hill
    American patriots took a lose at the battle of bunker hill against the british army, The americans lost due to no more ammunition and having to use close combat
  • Valley forge

    Valley forge
    Valley Forge was the winter base for the Continental army and disease breakout caused nearly 2,000 deaths
  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris
    The signing of the treaty stopped the american revolution and officially made the united states a independent nation