American Revolution
Storyboard Text
- The Stamp Act (1765)
- There better be a stamp on that paper!
- March 1765
- Are you kidding me!
- Yes! They're taxing everything! This is unacceptable what are we supposed to do now?
- The Townshend Acts (1767)
- Did you hear about the new Townshend Act?
- The Boston Massacre (1770)
- Y'all can't do this you uncompassionate losers
- your pathetic
- Nooo. You killed my husband
- On March 22, 1765, the British Parliament passed the “Stamp Act” to help pay for British troops stationed in the colonies during the seven year war. The act required the colonists to pay a tax, represented by a stamp, on various forms of papers, documents, and playing cards.
- The Boston Tea Party (1773)
- The Parliament initiated The Townshend Act in 1767.The Townshend Act put taxes on glass,lead,paint,paper,and tea.The American colonists saw the act as an abuse to power. The colonist didn't import British goods until the act was repealed.
- Lexington and Concord (1775)
- On March 5, 1770 a mob of American colonists confronted 8 british soldiers.They insulted and threatened the soldiers.The soldiers shot and killed 5 colonists with their muskets
- Declaration of Independence (1776)
- The Boston Tea Party was an act of protest from a group of 60 American colonists.The colonists threw 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor.The colonist into the harbor to dispute against a tax on tea.
- TEA
- TEA
- TEA
- TEA
- TEA
- TEA
- TEA
- on 19 April 1775 a shot was heard around the world.The shot marked the start of the American War of Independence.This was the first battle fought in the Revolutionary War that was in Massachusetts.
- The Declaration of Independence was published on July 4,1776.The Declaration of Independence was approved by the Continental Congress.It announced the separation of 13 North American British colonies from Great Britain.
Over 30 Million Storyboards Created