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The Catholic governor of Florida promised freedom to fugitive slaves if they converted to Catholicism and took a pledge of citizenship to Spain. Slaves heard about this and robbed a general store to get weapons and headed to Florida. -
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The treaty ended the French and Indian War and made the French give up all its territories in North America. This ended any threat of foreign powers to the British colonies. -
The Currency Act passed in 1764 along with the Sugar Act, prohibited the printing and issuance of paper money by Colonial legislatures. It also set up fines and penalties for members of the Colonial government who disobeyed, despite the long-standing currency shortage. Threatened to destabilize the entire colonial economy. -
It taxed newspapers, almanacs, pamphlets, broadsides, legal documents, dice, and playing cards. Issued by Britain, the stamps were affixed to documents or packages to show that the tax had been paid. -
The Boston Massacre happened on a cold winter day when the soldiers were patrolling the streets. Shots were fired and left five Bostonians and two boys dead. John Adams represented the soldiers in which they balmed the incident on the mob and the jury agreed. -
The Gaspee Incident was about the Royal Navy Ship that enforced the Navigation Acts and the colonists didn't like it/ So the colonists boarded the ship and set fire to it. This was the start of events that would lead to the American Revolution. -
The Tea Act of 1773 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. The principal objective was to reduce the massive amount of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company in its London warehouses and to help the struggling company survive. The catalyst to the Boston TEa Party. -
The incident was the effect of the Tea Act of 1773. This led to 30-130 men dressing up in Mohawk costumes and throwing tea overboard. Many witnessed and were spectators at the event. -
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies that became the United States. 56 delegates and was structured with the emphasis on equality. -
The Second Continental Congress was the late-18th-century meeting of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that united in support of the American Revolution and its associated Revolutionary War that established American independence from the British Empire. Formed the Continental Army and put George Washington as commander of the army. -
The Declaration of Independence, headed The Unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America, is the founding document of the United States. It was adopted on July 4, 1776, by the Second Continental Congress meeting. -
Notes on the State of Virginia, by Thomas Jefferson, is at once a compendium of information about the state and a sweeping commentary on natural history, society, politics, education, religion, slavery, liberty, and law. Many consider it the most important American book written before 1800. -
The French Revolution was a period of radical political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789, and ended with the formation of the French Consulate in November 1799.