American Revolution

  • French-Indian War

    French-Indian War
    The French-Indian War was between the French and Indians vs. Great Britain and the Colonists.
  • Navigation Acts

    Navigation Acts
    Navigation Acts were acts of Parliament that restricted colonial trade with England.
  • Quartering Acts

    Quartering Acts
    Colonists were to let soldiers stay in their houses and provide for the soldiers.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act
    The Stamp Act was a tax colonists had to pay that got stamped for any paper documents
  • Townshend Acts

    Townshend Acts
    The Townshend Acts taxed glass, paper, lead, paint, and tea.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    British soldiers shot into a hasty crowd of colonists killing 5 and wounding 6.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    Colonists dressed up as Native Americans and dumped 90,000 pounds of tea from all ships in Boston harbor.
  • Intolerable Acts

    The British government passed four laws to punish Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party. It consisted of the Boston Port Act, Massachusetts Government Act, Impartial Admin of Justice Act, & Quartering Act.
  • Common Sense

    Common Sense
    A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine talks about independence from Great Britain.
  • Second Continental Congress

    Second Continental Congress
    Established a Continental Army and elected George Washington as Commander in Chief.
  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

    Battle of Lexington and Concord
    Was the first battle of the American Revolution.
  • Olive Branch Petition

    Olive Branch Petition
    It was a petition sent by the citizens of British colonies in America to reconcile with England and King George III.
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence
    States the principles of our government, and our identity as Americans, are based.
  • Articles of Confederation

    Articles of Confederation
    It served as the first constitution of the United States.
  • Daniel Shay's Rebellion

    Daniel Shay's Rebellion
    A violent rebellion in the Massachusett's countryside.
  • Constitutional Convention

    Constitutional Convention
    55 delegates met up and wrote the first-ever written constitution getting rid of the Articles of Confederation.