American Revolution

  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763
    This forbade all settlements past the Appalachian Mountains
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act
    Merchants were required to pay 6 pence for each gallon of impoted foreign molasses.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act
    This required that all American colonists had to pay tax on all the the printed pieces of paper they used.
  • Quartering Act

    Quartering Act
    It requires American colonies to pay for the British soldiers temporary housing.
  • The Declaratory Act

    The Declaratory Act
    It says that the parliament has the right to tax colonies.
  • The Townshend Acts

    The Townshend Acts
    The paliament passed it to tax imports such as glass, tea, and paper.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    It was a street fight with a patriots throwing things at British soldiers.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    Patriots disguised as Indians dumped 9,000 pounds worth of tea into the Boston Harbor.
  • The Intolerable Acts

    The Intolerable Acts
    There were new laws being made and to express there feelings colonists named them the Intolerable Acts.
  • Continental Congress

    Continental Congress
    It served as the government for the thirteen colonies.
  • The Battles of Lexington and Concord

    The Battles of Lexington and Concord
    This was the first engagement between the minutemen and British troops, Paul Revere warned people of the attack.
  • The Battle of Bunker Hill

     The Battle of Bunker Hill
    The british moved the Americans off the Charlestown peninsula. This happened on the Breed's hill.
  • The Olive- Branch Petition

    The Olive- Branch Petition
    It askes for the recognization of American rights.
  • The Battle of Quebec

    The Battle of Quebec
    The American forces tried to capture the citie of Quebec and to drive the British forces out.
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence
    I says that all of the colonies have sovereignty.