american revolution illustrations

  • Navigation act

    Navigation act
    acts of Parliament intended to promote the self-sufficiency of the British empire by restricting colonial trade to England and decreasing dependence on foreign imported goods
  • french indian war

    french indian war
    the French indian war was a conflict in a larger imperial war between great britain and France also known as the seven year wars
  • Stamp act

    Stamp act
    The stamp act was an act regulating stamp duty the British Parliament in 1765 that exacted revenue from the american colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspaper and legal and commercial documents.
  • Quartering act

    Quartering act
    The Quartering Act is the British parliamentary provision requiring colonial authorities to provide food,drink,quarters,fuel,and transporting to British forces stationed in their town or villages
  • townshend act

    townshend act
    the townshend act was a serious of measures that were passed by the British Parliament.It taxed good imported to the american colonies
  • boston massacre

    boston massacre
    The boston massacre was a deadly riot on the king street in boston a patriot mob attacked a british loyalist.
  • boston tea party

    boston tea party
    dumped 342 chests of tea belonging to the british east india company by american patriots disguised as Mohawk Indians
  • Intolerable acts

    Intolerable acts
    the intolerable acts were punitive laws passed by the british parliament in 1774 after the boston tea party
  • Olive branch petition

    Olive branch petition
    The Olive branch Petition was adopted by the second continental congress on july 1775 in a final attempt to avoid war
  • Battle of lexington & concord

    Battle of lexington & concord
    the battle of lexington and concord fought of april 19 1775 it kicked off the American Revolutionary War. on the night hundred of british troops marched from boston to nearby concord in order to stop a arms cache
  • Second Continental congress

    Second Continental congress
    The second Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies in america that united in The American Revolution
  • Common sense

    Common sense
    Common sense is a book wrote by Thomas Paine in 1776
  • The Declaration of indepence

    The Declaration of indepence
    The Declaration of Indepence (DOI) is saying how all men are created equal and are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights. Life,Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
  • Articles of Confederation

    the articles of confederation is an agreement among the 13 original states of the united states.
  • Daniel shays rebellion

    Daniel shays rebellion
    Shays rebellion was a armed uprising in western massachusetts and Worcester in response to a dept crisis among the citizenry
  • Constitutional Convention

    Constitutional Convention
    The constitutional convention took place in philadelphia pennsylvania. The purpose of the event was to decide how America was going to be governed