American Revolution

By Drewsess

  • 1765. Stamp Act

    1765. Stamp Act
    1. “ The stamp act of 1765 was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain which imposed a direct tax on the British colonies in America they require that many printed materials in the colony be produced on stamp paper.” Citation: Wikipedia.com

  • 1773. Boston Tea Party

    “ The Boston tea party was a political and mercantile protest by the sons of liberty in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 16, 1773. The target was the tea act of May 10, 1773, which allowed the British East India Company to sell tea from China in American colonies without paying taxes apart from those imposed by the Townshend acts. American patriots strongly opposeD the taxes in the Townshend acts as a violation of their rights.”
    Citation: Wikipedia.com

  • 1774. Intolerable Acts

    1774. Intolerable Acts
    1. Written board helped issue a series of acts response to the Boston tea party. “The intolerable acts for punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston tea party. The laws were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiant in the tea party protest in reaction to changes in taxation by the British government.“ Citation: Wikipedia.com

  • 1776. Declaration of Independence

    1776. Declaration of Independence
    1. The Declaration of Independence was drafted by Thomas Jefferson. It established the United States as an independent nation.

  • 1777. Battle of Saratoga.

    1777. Battle of Saratoga.
    1. “The battles of Saratoga Mark climax of the Saratoga campaign, giving a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American revolutionary war.” Citation: Wikipedia.com

  • 1781. The battle of Yorktown

    1781. The battle of Yorktown
    1. “ The siege of Yorktown, also known as the battle of Yorktown, the surrender at Yorktown, or the German battle, and then on October 19, 1781, at Yorktown, Virginia, was a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by George Washington and French army troops led by Rochambeau over a British army commanded by British peer and Lieutenant Cornwallis.” Citation: Wikipedia.com

  • 1783. Treaty of Paris

    1783. Treaty of Paris
    1. “ The treaty of Paris, signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America on September 3, 1783, officially ending the American revolutionary war.“ Citation: Wikipedia.com

  • 1787. Constitution convention

    1787. Constitution convention
    1. “ four years after the United States won its independence from England, 55 state delegates, including George Washington, James Madison, and Benjamin Franklin, convene in Philadelphia to compose a new US Constitution. ” The Constitution convention was held. This was when the American Constitution was adopted. Citation: history.com