The American Revolution

By lauragdj.
  • The Stamp Act

    The Stamp Act

    Bririan sets a tax that requires a stamp on all public documents like newspapers or legal documents. The colonists did not like having this tax placed on them. This led unrest in the colonies and the Stamp Act Congress.
  • The Boston Massacre

    The Boston Massacre

    Boston colonists are shot by British troops. Prior to the Boston Massacre the British had institued a number of new taxes on the American colonies including taxes on tea, glass, paper, paint, and lead. These taxes were part of a group of laws called the Townshend Acts.
  • The Boston Tea Party

    The Boston Tea Party

    Angry with a new tax on tea, some Boston colonists calling themselves the Sons of Liberty board British ships and dump crates of tea into the Boston Harbor.
  • The First Continental Congress

    The First Continental Congress

    Delegates from each colony, except Georgia, met a Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They discussed the current situation with Britain including the Intorelable Acts, which the British Parliament had imposed on Boston as punishment for the Boston Tea Party.
  • Paul Revere's Ride

    Paul Revere's Ride

    The Revolutionary War stars and Paul Revere makes his famous ride to warn the colonists that the ''British are coming''.
  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

    Battle of Lexington and Concord

    The actual fighting starts whit thw first ''shot heard around the world''. The Americans win aa the British retreat.
  • Capture of Fort Ticonderoga

    Capture of Fort Ticonderoga

    The Green Mountain Boys led by Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold capture Fort Ticonderoga from the British.
  • Capture of Fort Ticonderoga

    Capture of Fort Ticonderoga

    The Green Mountain Boys led by Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold capture Fort Ticonderoga from the British.
  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    Battle of Bunker Hill

    Major battle where William Prescott told the American troops ''don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes''.
  • The Declaration of Independence is Adopted

    The Declaration of Independence is Adopted

    The Continental Congress agrees to Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence.
  • George Washington Crosses the Delaware.

    George Washington Crosses the Delaware.

    George Washington and his troops cross the Delaware River on Christmas night and surprise the enemy.
  • America Chooses a Flag.

    America Chooses a Flag.

    The Continental Congress adopts the "Stars and Stripes" Flag sewn by Betsy Ross.
  • Battles of Saratoga.

    Battles of Saratoga.

    British General John Burgoyne surrenders his army to the Americans after suffering defeat at the Battles of Saratoga.
  • Valley Forge.

    Valley Forge.

    The Continental army under George Washington spends the winter training at Valley Forge.

  • Alliance with France

    France recognized the United States as an independent country with the Treaty of Alliance.

  • Articles of Confederation

    Defined the official government of the United States.
  • Battle of Yorktown.

    Battle of Yorktown.

    The last major battle of the American Revolutionary War. British General Cornwallis' surrender at Yorktown was the unofficial end to the war.
  • Treaty of Paris.

    Treaty of Paris.

    Treaty that officially ended the war.