American revolution

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    French and Indian War

    Britain gains a ton of land in North America.
  • Proclamation of 1763

    King George lll establishes 3 more colonies as flex of power.
  • Sugar Act

    The British began to heavily tax the Americans, and they were not happy.
  • Currency Act

    It was to assume control over colonial currency system.
  • Stamp Act

    It was a tax on paper.
  • Quartering Act

    This allowed British Government to place British troops in the colonies' towns.
  • Declaratory Act

    It was a way of repealing the stamp act and stating that taxing in the US is the same as taxing in Britain.
  • Townshend Act

    This act placed taxes on goods imported from Britain to the colonies.
  • Boston Massacre

    Street fight turned deadly, this is just one event that caused the colonists to turn on Britan.
  • Boston Tea Party

    As a way of boycotting Britain for taxing tea, the American threw 340 tea chests into the ocean.
  • First Continental Congress

    First time the colonies began to work as a united nation to discuss and retaliate against the British.
  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

    Basically how the American Revolution started. Also known as "Shot heard round' the world."
  • Second Continental Congress

    Second time the colonies had met up and worked together.
  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    First major battle in the American Revolution.
  • Declaration of Independance Signed

    A retaliation on the British government from the us by stating that they are a their own free country.
  • Battle of Trenton

    The American victory had a massive impact on colonial war effort.
  • Battle of Saratoga

    Convinced French, Dutch, and Spanish to ally with the and help the fight back against Britain.
  • France allies with America

    France gives America helping hand in fighting the British.
  • Battle of Cowpens

    A victory from the US giving them a morale boost and making them more hopeful that they could win this war.
  • Paris Treaty of 1783

    A treaty signed by the British officially marking the end of the American revolution and America's victory.