Laws and Acts
Documents
Freedom Fighters
Events
Ideas
Battles
100

This act made colonists pay taxes on anything printed on paper.

Stamp Act

100

Voted by the 2nd Continental Congress, the Colonies officially break away from England

Declaration of Independence

100

Part-time fighters on the side of the Americans. Often Farmers or hunters known for their ability to show up quickly

Minutemen

100

Dressed as Native Americans, the Sons of Liberty boarded ships and threw the tea into the Boston Harbor.

Boston Tea Party

100

Refusal to buy goods

boycott

100

Described by Ralph Waldo Emerson as "...shot heard 'round the world," the location of the beginning of the Revolutionary War.

Lexington 

200

This act made Britain the only legal seller of Tea in the Colonies

Tea Act

200

Encouraged the Colonies to seek independence from England, by informing Colonies of British injustices

Common Sense

200

A founding father from Virginia who displayed his leadership abilities in the French and Indian War and asked to lead the Revolution by congress.

George Washington

200

This confrontation on March 5, 1770, began as a protest of colonists, but ended with British soldiers shooting and killing five people.

Boston Massacre

200

A rallying call for Colonists who's main issue was not actually with the taxes themselves but for their lack of a roll in Parliament

"No Taxation Without Representation"

200

This was the location in which American Patriots stored Gunpowder, causing the British to sent an Army to confiscate it

Concord

300

This act forced American Colonists to house British Soldiers

Quartering Act

300

This part of the Declaration of Independence outlines the issues the Colonists had with King George III in full.

The List of Grievances

300

This group protested British polices and taxes

Sons of Liberty

300

War between Britain and France over land west of the Colonies

French and Indian War 

300

A government, like America's, in which people elect officials to represent their ideas and values in the government.

Democracy

300

Where did the final battle takes place before the British surrender?

Yorktown, VA

400

King George III makes an example and punish Boston for the Boston Tea Party

Intolerable Acts

400

The name of the power the Declaration of Independence stated people had over their government should it not serve their needs

Alter or Abolish it

400

Successful inventor from Pennsylvania who represented the colonies in Britain and tried to convince the British government to treat the colonies fairly. He NEVER became president!

Benjamin Franklin 

400

A meeting of representatives where the Drafting of the Declaration of Independence took place 

Second Continental Congress

400
A broad category of rights that people receive from their "Natural God"

Natural Rights

400

This battle was a turning point in the war for the Americans. British General Burgoyne surrendered to the Americans. The French agreed to support us after winning.

Battle of Saratoga

500

A series of acts that placed tariffs, or taxes, on products coming into the colonies. This included taxes on glass, tea, lead, and paper.

Townshend Acts

500

U.S. officially becomes an independent country and acquires land from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River

Treaty of Paris

500

Creator of the Engraving of the Boston Massacre, also famous for a night time ride.

Paul Revere

500

The Continental Army was freezing and starving; Lafayette provides clothing and Von Steuben trains army

Valley Forge

500

God given rights that can't be taken away, specifically life, liberty and pursuit of happiness

Unalienable Rights

500

This battle inflicted great casualties on the British, proving that the Continental Army was not easy to defeat.

Battle of Bunker Hill 

600

This law Limited Colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains

Proclamation of 1763

600

A document sent to King George III in 1775 by the Second Continental Congress. It was a last-ditch effort to prevent war between Great Britain and the American colonies

Olive Branch Petition

600

He defended the soldiers during the trial of the Boston Massacre. He later became the 2nd President.


John Adams 

600

A group of representatives from each colony met in Philadelphia PA to discuss the Intolerable Acts, but decided to try to work things out with King George.

First Continental Congress


600

British economic policy in which the colonies are an economic resource for the mother country

Mercantilism

600

While not a direct battle, this location caused great issues for the British in transporting supplies and orders to the Americas

The Atlantic Ocean

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