Trenton's timeline

  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763
    the act where it stopped the colonist from settling west of the Appalachian mts
  • sugar act

    sugar act
    they taxed the colonist for sugar and they did not like it
  • stamp act

    stamp act
    the tax great Britain put on stamps and seals colonist did not like the idea
  • repeal of stamp act

    repeal of stamp act
    Benjamin Franklin helped repeal the act
  • Boston massacre

    Boston massacre
    colonist riled up British troops resulting in death to 5 colonist and was used for propaganda
  • Boston tea party

    Boston tea party
    colonist dumped tea into the Boston harbor as protest to the taxes
  • intolerable acts

    intolerable acts
    the reaction from parliament resulting from the colonist dumping tea into the harbor
  • Lexington and concord

    Lexington and concord
    the shot heard around the world the first major battle of the revolution
  • 2nd continental congress

    2nd continental congress
    the meeting between the 13 colonies
  • declaration of independence

    declaration of independence
    major document created to declare freedom from Britain written by Thomas Jefferson
  • battle of saratoga

    battle of saratoga
    the turning point of the revolution
  • valley forge

    valley forge
    coldest winter for the patriots help from colonist who sent food the lowest era of the war
  • battle of Yorktown

    battle of Yorktown
    last battle of the war colonist are happy the war is ending and they won