American revolution era-Luke

By kratzL
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    French and Indian war

    Was a large war where Britain and French and colonist fraught big battles.
    The battle ends with the treaty of Paris.
    Britain is in debt and needs money.
  • sugar act

    sugar act

    Basically a tax on sugar where this made the colnist very angry
  • Stamp act

    Stamp act

    The British started to tax documents and newspaper making them more expensive.
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    townshned act

    Where multiple acts where written to get the colonist to give their money back.
  • Boston tea party

    Boston tea party

    Dressed up as indian and broke 3million dollars worth of tea
  • Tea act

    Tea act

    Where colinst where getting taxed on tea by the britsh
  • Intolerable acts

    Intolerable acts

    Intolerable acts were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest in reaction to changes in taxation by the British to the detriment of colonial products.
  • Continental congress

    Continental congress

    A meet discuss their complaints to Britain.
  • The Battle of Bunker Hill

    The Battle of Bunker Hill

    Where The British stormed bunker hill as colonist where shooting at them and colonists ran out of ammo.
  • The battle of Lexington & Concord

    The battle of Lexington & Concord

    This is the first battle that happened in the revolution war.
  • battle of long island

    battle of long island

    Where Britsh army toke over Newyork and the colonist never got it back until the end of the war.
  • Battle of Trenton

    Battle of Trenton

    Where the Hessians were hired by the British but lost because they got very drunk on Christmas.
  • Seige of Ft Ticonderoga

    This battle was the first major victory
  • Battle of Brandy wine

    Battle of Brandy wine

    The engagement was between the British and the Americans. The British was trying to take over Philadelphia.The British suffered 550 casualties and some wounded. The Americans suffered around 1,000 casualties, most wounded and captured.
    The Americans were forced to retreat after the British won and took over Philadelphia
  • Battle of Yorktown

    Battle of Yorktown

    Was where colonist and French surround the British and Cornwallis was so ashamed he made his second surrender