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The Stamp Act of 1765 was a law from Britain that made American colonists pay a tax on paper items like newspapers and playing cards. The colonists were angry because they had no say in the British government. They protested, boycotted British goods. Britain repealed the law in 1766, but it caused tension that helped lead to the American Revolution. -
After the Boston Massacre happened where British soldiers killed five colonists during a protest many colonists were shocked and angry. They saw it as proof that British rule was unfair. Leaders of Great Britain tried to calm things down by removing most of the British soldiers from Boston and repealing some of the taxes, but they still wanted to keep control over the colonies. The Boston Massacre made more people in the colonies want to stand up, Which helped push the Revolutionary War. -
The Boston Tea Party happened in 1773 when a group of angry colonists in Boston dressed up like Native Americans and threw a bunch of tea into the harbor. They did this because they didn’t think it was fair to pay taxes on tea when they didn’t have a say in the British government. The British were really mad about it because the tea was worth a lot of money. To punish them, the British made some really unfair laws called the Intolerable Acts. -
The Intolerable Acts were a group of strict laws made by Britain in 1774 to punish the colonists after the Boston Tea Party. Their were laws like closing the Boston Harbor, took away the Massachusetts government, and one made colonists let British soldiers live in their homes. The colonists thought they were getting taken advantage of to much so the colonies started working together to stand up to the British. These acts made the colonists even more ready to fight for their freedom. -
The First Continental Congress was a meeting in 1774 where leaders from the colonies came together to talk about the unfair laws from Britain. They wrote a letter to the king and decided to stop buying British goods. The colonists liked it because it showed they were working together to protect their rights. -
The American Revolution was a war between the American colonies and Great Britain that started in 1775. The colonists wanted freedom because they thought British rules and taxes were unfair. They fought hard and finally won the war in 1783. The colonists were proud because they got their independence and became the United States of America.