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The American Revolution

By Reid.stevens

  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act
    Tax on sugar and coffee

  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act
    Parliament passed the Stamp Act
    Which taxed all paper products

  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    British soldiers in Boston opened fire on a crowd that was pelting the snowballs and rocks. Five people and one K-9 died.

  • Boston tea party

    Boston tea party
    Some colonist hurled a cargo of British tea into the harbor to protest a tax on tea.

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

    The Battle of Lexington and Concord
    Tensions between the colonist and British finally erupted into war

  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence
    Declare independence from Britain

  • Battle of Saratoga

    Battle of Saratoga
    American troops defeated the British

  • British Surrender at Yorktown

    British Surrender at Yorktown
    The French fleet blocked Chesapeake Bay causing Washington to force a British surrender

  • Ratification of US Constitution

    Ratification of US Constitution
    Supreme law of land with a unanimous vote, which was not easy to obtain