Surrender of lord cornwallis canvas john laurens 1820

American Revolution

By DylanHernandez24

  • French-Indian War (1756-1763)

    French-Indian War (1756-1763)
    The French and Indian war/ the seven years war caused Great Britain to go into debt.

  • Stamp Act 1765

    Stamp Act 1765
    The Stamp act was a tax on anything printed off on paper.

  • Declaratory Act 1765

    Declaratory Act 1765
    This repealed The Stamp Act.

  • Townshend Acts 1767

    Townshend Acts 1767
    Placed new taxes on glass, lead, paper and tea.

  • Boston Massacre March 5 1770

    Boston Massacre March 5 1770
    British soldiers fired into a crowd of rowdy people and was misinterpreted.

  • Boston Tea Party 1773

    Boston Tea Party 1773
    A few colonists dressed up as Indians snuck onto a ship and threw off boxes of British tea.

  • Intolerable Acts (aka Coercive Acts) 1773

    Intolerable Acts (aka Coercive Acts) 1773
    A series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party. They closed the Boston Harbor.

  • Quartering Act 1774

    Quartering Act 1774
    Allowed British soldiers to go and stay in random colonists home.

  • Battle of Lexington & Concord 1775

    Battle of Lexington & Concord 1775
    Marked the start of the American War of Independence. Also were the 'shot heard round the world'

  • Second Continental Congress May 1775

    Second Continental Congress May 1775
    To plan further responses if the British government did not repeal or modify the acts, there was a first continental congress prior to this.

  • Common Sense 1776

    Common Sense 1776
    A book written by Thomas Paine advocating for freedom from the British for the 13 colonies.

  • Declaration of Independence 1776

    Declaration of Independence 1776
    This document officially freed the 13 Colonies from British control no longer being colonies and now being 13 States.