Key Events
This 1773 protest involved colonists dumping tea into Boston Harbor
Boston Tea Party
This document, adopted on July 4, 1776, announced that the 13 American colonies were no longer part of the British
Declaration Of Independence
These rights are rights you are born with and cannot be taken away
Unalienable Rights
This 1765 act required colonists to pay a tax on printed materials like newspapers and legal documents.
Then Stamp Act
This Founding Father was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson
This battle, fought in 1775, is often considered the start of the American Revolution.
Lexington and Concord
This document, written by Thomas Paine in 1776, argued for American independence from Britain.
Common Sense
This man led the colonist and is known as the the Father of our country
George Washington
Passed in 1773, this act allowed the British East India Company to sell tea directly to the colonies, bypassing colonial merchants.
The Tea Act
He rode at midnight to warn that the British were coming.
Paul Revere
This 1777 American victory in New York was a turning point in the Revolution.
Battle of Saratoga
Issued by King George III, this 1763 order forbade colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Proclamation of 1763
This economic system said colonies existed mainly to benefit the mother country by supplying raw materials and serving as a market for finished goods.
Mercantilism
These laws, passed in 1774, were meant to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party and included closing the port of Boston.
The Intolerable Acts
This European country officially allied with the colonies after the Battle of Saratoga.
FRANCE
This 1781 battle in Virginia was the last major land battle of the American Revolution.
Battle of Yorktown
This document, signed in 1783, officially ended the American Revolutionary War.
Treaty Of Paris
This proclamation prohibited colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Proclamation of 1763
Passed in 1767, these acts placed taxes on goods like glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea imported to the colonies.
The Townshend Act
The wife of John Adams, she urged her husband to "Remember the Ladies" when writing the new country's laws.
Abagail Adams
This harsh winter camp in 1777-1778 tested the resolve of Washington's troops
Valley Forge
Drafted in 1775, this petition was the colonists’ final attempt to make peace with King George III before declaring independence.
Olive Branch Petition
Who led the fight at sea by sneaking through blockades and destroying British ships
John Paul Jones
This 1765 act required colonists to provide housing, food, and supplies to British soldiers stationed in America.
The Quartering Act
55 colonial leaders met in Philadelphia in 1774 to respond to the Intolerable Acts.
First Continental Congress