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The American Revolution
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Proclamation Act
Passed by England to keep peace and prevent more debt. Colonists unable to cross the Appalachian Mountains. -
Final Thought by Juan
The American Revolution was mostly about how colonists were just resisting the bad choices and were fighting back to Britain. -
Sugar Act
On April 5, 1764, Parliament passed a modified version of the Sugar and Molasses Act (1733), which was about to expire. -
Juan Summary 1
The british were attempting to stop the revolution by capturing all of the rebel leaders. -
Juan Summary 2
The continental army was all about being loyal and trusting your army leader. And creating, "a good army". -
Boston Massacre
Poorly paid British soldiers sought jobs on decks in Boston Harbor. British soldiers killed 5 colonists in Boston, Massachusetts. -
The Boston Tea Party
Starting in 1765 the Americans rejected the authority of the British Parliament to tax them; protests continued to escalate, as in the Boston Tea Party of 1773 -
Beginning of War
The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), the American War of Independence,[N 1] or simply the Revolutionary War in the United States, was the rebellion of thirteen of the North American colonies of Great Britain who declared themselves independent in 1776 as the United States of America -
Battle Of Concord and Lexington
The British were sent to seize the weapons and gunpowder that the colonists had been secretly collecting and hiding. However, Paul Revere warned the colonists that the British were coming, and many small militias grabbed their guns and prepared to fight. When the British arrived, the colonists were ready, and they successfully drove the British out. As they traveled the 16 miles back to Boston, the British were getting shot at the entire way by angry colonists: the American revolution had begun -
Colonist Fight Back
In June 1775, the colonists failed to prevail at Bunker Hill, but inflicted heavy casualties on a vastly superior military force. -
Declaration of Independence
Written after battles of Lexington and Concord and explained why colonies had a right to declare their independence. Written by Thomas Jefferson with philosophical influences by John Locke. -
France's "New Nation"
France signed an alliance with the new nation in 1778, which escalated the conflict into a world war between Britain and France, Spain, and the Netherlands. Contemporaneously fighting broke out in India between the British East India Company and the French allied Kingdom of Mysore. -
Yorktown: 1781
French and Americans fought against British, a very huge battle. Luckily the French and Americans had become allies in order to assist each other in this battle.
