From Subject to Citizen

By Katie Collins
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    Albany Plan of Union

    It was supposed to be a meeting about the British, or the enemy.
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    French and Indian War

    From 1754-1763, The lands of New France and the British colonies had the frontier seperated from them. Also the British has taken away the Indian's lands and have sided with the french to get the indians their lands back. The result, was this very Revoulutionary War.

  • Sugar Act

    Taxes were placed on sugar, tea, wine, and other important goods. Britain did this because they needed more money. The British wanted this money for a few reasons, to pay for the wars that have been going on in the past few years.

  • Stamp Act

    Thanks to the British raising taxes, colonists have been losing money, sugar, or tea. The result of it was the colonists losing money and or homes in the colonies.

  • Writs of Assistance

    It was supoosed to instruct a tax collector for the colonists. The tax collector collected tea, sugar, and money from colonists, leaving them with barely anything.
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    Townshend Act

  • Boston Massacre

    The Boston Massacre was an accident and the colonists took it the wrong way and the war was started.

  • Tea Act

    Made it free for the British to send tea to the American colonies.
    Passed by Parliament on may 10, 1773
    Allow drawback of the duties of customs

  • The Tea Act

    Made it free for the British to send tea to the American colonies.
    Passed by Parliament on may 10, 1773
    Allow drawback of the duties of customs

  • Boston Tea Party

    December 16, 1773
    The colonists didn’t want to pay taxes for tea
    The colonists saw it as a sign of rebellion
    Some patriot groups stopped accepting tea shipments
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    Coercive Acts

    Passed by the British in 1774
    outbreak of the American revolution in 1775
    British named them “coercive acts”
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    Continental Congress

    In 1774 to 1789 we worked to get independence from Britain.
    Then they got independence

  • Lexington and Concord

  • Second Continental Congress

  • Battle of Bunker Hill

  • Olive Branch Petition

  • Decloration of Independance

    This is the day we claimed freedom.