Revolutionary War
Revolutionary War 2
Revolutionary War 3
Revolutionary War 4
Revolutionary War 5
100
Tax on paper goods
Stamp Act
100
The law (act) stating all British laws (acts) were to be followed by the colonist
Intolerable Act
100
Taxed all imports to the colonies after the repel of the stamp act ; this act told colonist Parliament still thought Parliament was in control
Townshend Act
100
Helped plan the Boston Tea Party
Samuel Adams
100
Author of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
200
Conflict over land; Britian defeated France
French and Indian War
200
This battle marked the beginning of the American Revolution (C)
Battle of Lexington & Concord
200
It officially ended the Revoluntionary War/ Named america as a new nation/ Set boundaries of the US
Treaty of Paris
200
Warned the British were coming
Paul Revere
200
had an American heart; helped finance American soldiers war effort
Marquis de Lafayette
300
Fight over taxation & freedom; 5 colonist killed
Boston Massacre
300
Turning point in the Revolutionary War; France decided to help America (c)
Battle of Saratoga
300
Patrick Henry
Who said, "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death"
300
Went against the stamp act/believed in freedom
Sons of Liberty/ Daughters of Liberty
300
Leader of Britain
King George III
400
Died at the Boston Massacre
Crispus Attucks
400
Last major battle of the Revolutionary War; African slaves played a big part in the war effort. (c)
Battle of Yorktown
400
Signed the Declaration of Independence/means signature
John Hancock
400
Wrote plays about Britain being greedy
Mercy Otis Warren
400
Paid mercenary soldiers; hired by Britain
Hessians
500
Spilling of British tea into Boston Harbor
Boston Tea Party
500
First major Battle of the American Revolution (B)
Battle of Bunker Hill (Breeds Hill)
500
Leader of the Continental Army/ 1st president
George Washington
500
Wrote the Common Sense stating people should rule themselves
Thomas Paine
500
The British General who surrendered at the Battle of Yorktown ending the Revolutionary War leading to the signing of the Treaty of Paris.
Lord Cornwallis
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