The Road To Independence

By dalton52

  • George lll becomes King England

    George lll becomes king of England

  • The Stamp Act

    Raise money for the Kings army by taxing all legal and official papers in the colonies.
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    Stamp Act Congress meets New York City

    To request the king of England and the British Parliament to repeal the Stamp Act.

  • Parliament Passes the Townshend Acts

    Series of acts that were passed by the parliament. These acts imposed taxes on imported goods like glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea to the American colonies, sparking significant colonial resistance and contributing to the growing tensions leading to the American Revolution

  • The Boston Massacre

    Clash between British soldiers and colonists. he event was the result of growing tensions between the colonists and the British Parliament.

  • The Boston Tea Party

    The Boston Tea Party was an American political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston in colonial Massachusetts.

  • The Coercive Acts

    A series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party.
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    First Continental Congress Meets in Philly

    To consider its reaction to the British government's restraints on trade and representative government after the Boston Tea Party.

  • First Shots of the American Revolution

    Battle for Americans independence
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    Second Continental Congress Meets in Philly

    Planned to plot the course of war, and soon independence.

  • The Olive Branch Petition

    This was the last attempt sent to the king to prevent formal war from being declared.

  • The Adoption of the Declaration of Independence

    Convinced that Parliament intended to take away their freedom. The Declaration summarized the colonists' motivations for seeking independence.

  • The Adoption of the Articles of Confederation

    This document served as the United States' first constitution. It was in force from March 1, 1781, until 1789 when the present-day Constitution went into effect. This was created as a new way to unify the colonies into a new nation under a governing set of principles

  • British Surrender

    British running out of resources take the ultimate fall. Being outnumbered by French and American troops the British fell back and surrendered.

  • Treaty of Paris

    Ending the War of the American Revolution.