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French & indain war Rider
The French & indain war was big that it was the bloodist war in the 18th century. More people died then The American revolution! Washton was told to build a fort near Pitsburg. washington faild because of the strong French army. The French won this war. This is also known as the Seven year war. -
Deborah Sampson/ Emma P.
Deborah Sampson was a fighter in the Revoluntiary War, but girls weren’t allowed to fight. Deborah Samson thought that she should be able to fight so she decided to dress up like a boy and fight, but right when she started fighting three days later she was a part of George Washington’s army. She was one of the few women with documented record of military combat experience in that war. Her name as a man was Robert Shortleaf she was like that until April 29, 1827 then she was honorably discharged. -
sugar act -Aaron
The Sugar Act was passed in 1764. This Act made it so the colonists had to pay on goods like sugar, wine and other important goods. The British passed this act to get more money for their amy's debts. In response, the people stopped buying goods like wine and sugar. -
The Stamp Act-Annalee12
(Picture is the most hated stamp). On March 22nd 1765 the stamp act was made. It was a tax that taxed anything paper, like Newspapers, playing cards, and stamps. The Stamp act was every were in the colonies. King George III made passed the act. Eventualy the Stamp act was repealed in March 1766 because the Declatory Act was passed. So in the end the colonists got what they wanted, the Stamp Act reapled. -
The Quartering Act-Katie G.
The Quatering Act was an act that passed by British Parliament to ensure that British Soldiers would be properly fed and was able to stay in colonists homes. The Quartering Act in 1765 was passed in of concerns the British Soldiers were not being properly cared for. The law expired in 1767. With growing unrest in the Colonies and concerns that the Colonial public was getting out of control, a second Quartering Act was passed in 1774. This act only addressed the issue of housing. -
The Sons of Liberty/ Aidan Marco
The sons of liberty were formed in 1765 but they're name at the time was the loyal nine. The loyal nine's soul purpose was to protest the stamp act. They started growing and soon changed they're name to the sons of liberty. The sons of liberty did many protests such as the Boston tea party. They also printed newspapers supporting they're cuase. As the sons of liberty started to pop up in different colonies they began to come together to create the first and second continental congresses. -
Boston Massacre - Parker
The battle started when an angry mob of Colonists started throwing snowballs, sticks, and stones at a group of British soldiers. The British soldiers thought they were being attacked, so they started shooting into the crowd. Three people were killed instantly and eight were wounded. Two people died later of there wounds. -
Crispus Attucks/Bosten Massacre-Jeremy
Crispus Attucks was an escaped slave of African and Native American heritage. He and four others confronted several British soldiers at the Boston Commons House, who then shot and killed Attucks in what was called "The Boston Massacre". The British were tried in Court and acquitted after John Adams fought for them in Court and Attucks was considered a Martyr for defending political liberty. The Boston Massacre raised the level of anger between the colonists and the soldiers. -
Phillis Wheatley - Cam Orr
Phillis Wheatley was the first African-American lady to write a poem and first to publish a book.She was sold to be a slave around the age of 7 or 8.She was released during 1778, and soon married another free African-American man. She died in 1885 of poverty. She ties to the American Revolution because soldiers used her poems and read her book while the war was going on. She even inspired some people to try and stop slavery She helped troops fight for Independence during the Great War. -
Boston Tea Party
The boston tea party was when the sons of liberty got mad with the taxes on tea. So what they did was they went aboard three shiploads of tea that belonged to britian. they opened all of the boxes of tea and poured them out in the sea. They also dressed up as mo-hawk indians so they wouldnt get caught. That was the boston tea party. -
King George the third
King George the third was not the smartest person in the world. He was once King of English and Ireland at the same time, until the two countries combined to make Great Britain. King George was considered to be one that was constantly wanting to keep wars going with American revolutionists. He wanted them to be poor and reliant on others as punishment for wanting their independence. By 1774, the revolutionists were completely separated from him. -
Intolerable Acts - Zach #23
The intolerable Acts were a punishment from King George to the colonists. This was because of the Boston Tea Party. The acts were, The Tea Act, The Boston Port Bill, The Quartering Act, The Aministration of Justice Act, The Massachusetts Government Act, and the Qubec Act. The Intolerable Acts led to the First Contenintal Congress. -
Paul Revere - Lauryn Simon
Paul Revere is most famous for his ride in the Revolutionary War on April eighteenth, seventeen seventy-five. Paul was riding horseback through Lexington trying to warn the colonists that the british are coming. His famous words were "the british are coming" as loud as he could. Because of him the people got ready and before the British could reach the town the people got ready and the news spreaded through half of Lexington. -
The Shot Heard Around The World By : Maya Sherpa
The Shot Heard around the World was the start of the American Revaluation. It started in Lexington, Virginia where the British army told the American Minutemen to put down their guns. The Patriots stood their ground. When the red coats shot the Patriots fought back and that was the start of the Revolution. -
The Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies. They started meeting on May 10th, 1775 in Philadelphia. The second Congress managed war affairs and moved colonists twords independence from Britain, adopting the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, 1776. -
Ethan Allen & the Green Mountain Men/Kylie Stanley
Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Men captured fort Ticonderogo on Lake Champlain on May 10, 1775. Legal setbacks caused Ethan Allen to form the Green Mountain.After moving to Vermont Ethan Allen was elected for comandent of the local milita also known as the Green Mountain Men. -
Fort Ticonderoga Lydia
Fort Ticondreoga was one of the most important forts that britan had and it was taken by Ethan Allen and the greenmountain men. The british took back the fortr after the colonies took the fort -
Battle of Bunker Hill
battle of bunker hill began on june17 1775,mostly on and around breed`s hill, during the american revoultionary war. -
George Washington - Logan White
The colonists needed a general to fight the Loyalists. Because he "would command the respect of America and unite the Colonies better than any other person alive" he was chosen to be general. He won the war for the Patriots and also became the first President of the United States. -
Betsy Ross created the American Flag-Jenna
Betsy Ross was called up by George Washinton to sew the American Flag. She had to look at the rough draft that had six-pointed stars instead of five. Betsy had the creation of the five-pointed stars. The first flag had thirteen stars and stripes. -
The Townshend Acts - Edie Hughes
The townshend acts were a series of five taxes on paper, paint, lead, glass, and tea. The Quartering Act was part of the Townshend Acts. The Townshend Acts were named after Charles Townshend, who made the Americans very mad by giving the colonists more taxes to pay. These taxes enraged most colonists, and every tax the British gave tham made them more angry. -
Washington Crossing the Delaware - Dagan Windsor
Washington and some of his men from the revalitionary war crossed Delawere in two nights. They were planning a sneek attack. There was ice over the river and it was very cold. The suprize attack was a sucsess and the British were put down. In the Generals pocket there was a warning note about the sneek attack but the general never read it. -
The Battle of Saratoga-Ethan
The Battle of Saratoga was considerd a turning point in the American Revolution because the Patriots captured many Red coats stopping them from meeting up with more red coats which were headed to Philadelphia in order to capture the city. The battle ended on the 17th of October, when the british soldiers surrenderd. Goerge Washington led the army to victory. -
Valley Forge/ Sophie
Valley Forge was a horrible time in the war. Nothing but a cold and harsh winter. George Washington wanted men who would fight for freedom and not retreat at th sight of a baranet. At Valley Forge hard discipline was taught.During that time France joined the americans but, Valley Forge wasnot a battle though. It was a traning camp so,George Washington made Valley Forge a camp in the winter to make a well rounded army. -
Benidict Arnold- Orion
By the end of 1779, Arnold had begun secret negotiations with the British. Benidct became a trader and Arnold soon became one of the most reviled figures in U.S. history. -
The Battle of Yorktown/Micah
The Battle of Yorktown was the last battle in the American Revolutionary War. It was a long battle that consisted of George Washington leading the Continental Troops and the French Army Troops led by the Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, over a British Army commanded by General Charles Cornwallis. Cornwallis prompted the British government to negotiate an end to the conflict.In 1780, 5,500 French soldiers landed in Rhode Island to assist their American allies. -
The Treaty of Paris
The treaty of Paris was when America and Great Britain signed a peace treaty in Paris to end the Revolutinary War. This peace treaty was signed in Paris, France in a hotel called Hotel D'York. Britian also signed seperate agreemants with Spain and France. The ten articles (part of the treaty) stated that America was free from Britan and that the Revolutionary War had ended.
