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the proclaimation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was made by king george 3 stating that no one can settle west of the appalachians. -
The sugar act
this placed a law that taxed sugar molasses and hindered smugglers, enraging traders. -
The Stamp Act
required that all lagal documents and commercial documents have an official stamp that shows that they paid their taxes. -
The quartering act
people had to house british soldiers to keep peace with native americans and to save money and show strength -
the boston massacre
in the Boston Massacre British soldiers killed five men including crispus attucks. -
The Tea Act
The Tea Act, passed by Parliament on May 10, 1773, but wasn't supposed to tax americans but since the townshend acts were in place they were taxing us. this was enough to help the sons of liberty to provoke americans to push for revolution. -
the boston tea party
Disguised as Indians, the demonstrators destroyed 342 chests of tea sent by the East India Trading Company. ps this image was made of legos. -
the intolerble acts
The intolerable acts were passed in 1774 nad were retaliation for the boston tea party. -
Creating of the first continental congress
The First Continental Congress was where delegates from the colonies that met on September 5, 1774. -
Common sense
Common Sense was written by Thomas Paine in 1775–76 that inspired people to declare their independence. -
lexington and concord
the battes of lexington and concord were the first battles of the war, the cause was british soldiers trying to find a weapons cache and samuel adams -
second continental congress
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The Battle of Bunker Hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill took place on June 17, 1775, mostly on and around Breed's Hill but they called it that because bunker hill was britains target, the americans lost, but won in terms of deaths and morale , and the british knew this. -
battle of long island
it was britains victory that day and was after the seige of boston in march 1776 -
the american crisis
The American crisis was published 1776-1783 written by author thomas paine, again.The pamphlet was read aloud to the Continental Army on December 23, 1776, three days before the Battle of Trenton. it was supposed to boost morale -
battles of saratoga
the date is of the first battle of saratoga, near the end john burgyone surrendered ,ending the battles of saratoga. -
the winter of valley forge
this winter was one where washington stayed at valley forge. this was where the troops were taught by baron von stueben. it was dec. 19, 1777- june 19, 1778 -
the battle of trenton
the battle of trenton was not a battle as much as a massacre. it was immediatly after the famed crossing of the delaware and was a suprise attack. -
THE BATTLE OF DEATH STAR HILL
this was a new technology of fighting, lightsabers!!! The british lost the war as the americans had more jedis on their side. many key battles were fought with these beautiful weapons of war. -
The battle of York town was 1781
The battle of York town was the final battle of the revolution the continental army teamed with the french and that was probably the only reason we won that battle and even the world
