American Revolution

The British want the colonists to pay new taxes to help pay off their war debt. The Colonists don’t like being taxed without being represented.

• Sugar Act

• Boston Tea Party

• French and Indian War

• Revolutionary War

Britain passed an act to help pay for their war debt. It was the first of many taxes for the Colonists.

They taxed goods such as:

● Sugar

● Indigo

● Coffee

● Wine

• Stamp Act

• Sugar Act

• Tea Act

• Intolerable Acts

Made Colonists buy stamps for official documents.

●                       Newspapers

●                       Playing Cards

●                       Writing Paper

●                       Legal Documents

• Sugar Act

• Intolerable Acts

• Tea Act

• Stamp Act

British soldiers fired and killed  5 colonials. Some of the colonists were really angry and ready to use violence if necessary.

• Boston Massacre

• Revolutionary War

• French and Indian War

• Boston Tea Party

The British are forcing the Americans to buy tea from one company.

• Intolerable Acts

• Tea Act

• Sugar Act

• Boston Tea Party

A political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, on December 16, 1773. They destroyed an entire shipment of tea sent by the East India Trading Company. They boarded the ships and threw the chests of tea into Boston Harbor.

• French and Indian War

• Boston Tea Party

• Revolutionary War

• Intolerable Acts

After the Boston Tea Party, Britain closed the Boston Harbor. As a result, the Colonists formed the First Continental Congress. This includes the Quartering Act and the blockade placed on the Boston Harbor.

• Tea Act

• Boston Tea Party

• Lexington and Concord

• Intolerable Acts

British tried to raid patriot supplies in Massachusetts. The first shots of the war were fired.

• French and Indian War

• Declaration of Independence

• Lexington and Concord

• Boston Tea Party

The king of England tells the colonists they must give in! The 13 colonies declare their Independence and become the United States of America.

• Declaration of Independence

• Intolerable Acts

• Constiution

• Tea Act

What was the result of Britain winning the French and Indian War?

• The American Revolution

• King George taxes the Colonists because of the high cost of the war.

• Paul Revere rides through town warning that the, "The British are coming"

• They closed the Boston Harbor