American Revolution Part 1

By tannerb
  • French and Indian War

    French and Indian War

    Also know as 7 years war. Fought between the British and colonist versus the french and Native Americans
  • Treaty of Paris 1763

    Treaty of Paris 1763

    Ended the french and Indian war plus gave the middle part of united states to the British
  • Proclamation Line of 1763

    Proclamation Line of 1763

    Boundary Line that would not allow people to settle west of the App mountains
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act

    The raised the taxes so the British could get more money.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    An act that taxed all papers and made it were you can only buy these one types of paper.
  • Declaratory Act

    Declaratory Act

    The repeal on the stamp act
  • Townshend Revenue Acts

    Townshend Revenue Acts

    Colonist put tax on glass and other goods
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    British soldiers fire into a crowd of colonist
  • The Tea Act

    The Tea Act

    when the British put taxes on all teas.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    Colonist dressed as Indians board ship and dump tea into Boston Harbor.
  • Quartering act of 1774

    Quartering act of 1774

    All colonist should house the British soldiers
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts

    A bunch of laws passed by the British after the Boston Tea Party.
  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress

    Meeting of delegates from the 13 Colonies
  • Patrick Henry’s “Give Me Liberty or Give Me death” speech

    Patrick Henry’s “Give Me Liberty or Give Me death” speech

    They should give him liberty or just kill him
  • Battles of Lexington and Concord

    first military engagements of the American Revolution
  • Olive Branch Petition

    Trying to get the colonist rights back by being loyal to the crown
  • George Washington named Commander in Chief

    He was the general in charge and lead everybody.
  • Thomas Paine writes “Common Sense"

    Writing telling the people the truth and telling them to fight
  • Second Continental Congress

    A movement to be free from the British
  • Declaration of Independence

    Announced that they have succeed from the British and now the are there own country.