THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR

FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR {1754-1763}

THE ALBANY PLAN {1754}

PROCLAIMATION OF 1763

THE SUGAR ACT {1764}

THE STAMP ACT {1765}

THE DECLARATORY ACT {1766}

THE TOWNSHEND REVENUE ACT {1767}

BOSTON MASSACRE {1770}

THE TEA ACT {1763}

THE BOSTON TEA PARTY {1773}

THE INTOLERABLE ACTS {1774}

THE QUEBEC ACT {1774}

FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS {1774}

PATRICK HENRY'S SPEECH {1775}

THE RIDE OF PAUL REVERE {1775}

LEXINGTON AND THE CONCORD {1775}

• First real battle of the Revolutionary War
• British soldiers arrived in Lexington to see minutemen waiting for them
• A shot was heard and declared "The shot heard 'round the world."

SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS {1775}

GEORGE WASHINGTON'S TITLE {1775}

THE BATTLE OF 'BUNKER HILL' {1775}

NORFOLK IN FLAMES {1775}

BENEDICT ARNOLD {1775}

"COMMON SENSE" {1776}

• Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense
• Document states its common sense to be sepersted from Britain.

VIRGINIA DECLARTION OF RIGHTS {1776}

THOMAS JEFFERSON'S D.O.I. {1776}

• Jefferson is asked to write a draft for the Declaration of Independence
• Not only does it include rights to Americans, but for every man.
• Natural rights are stated. "Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness."

DECLARATION IS SIGNED {JULY 4, 1776}

• 12/13 colonies agree with the Declaration
• Congress adopts it, signs it, and sends it to the printers.
• America declares itself Independence from Britain.