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French & Indian War
The war was the beginning of open hostilites between the colonies and Great Britain. The war put Great Britain into debt, causing them to tax the colonists without representation. -
Sugar Act
sugar Act led to outcries from colonial leaders who claimed taxation without representation as they had no members of Parliament -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act served as the last straw the colonist were willing to take from Britain, it required a lot to get a stamp, which colonists had to buy -
Townsend Act
Townsend Acts was to raise revenue in the colonies to pay the salaries of governors and judges, colonists boycotted British imports which led to the boston massacre -
Boston Massacre
British troops were sent to help reenforce the Townsend Acts a soldier fired a musket which left several people wounded and 5 dead this was the excuse to get people to take sides with the colonists. -
Boston Tea Party
A group of colonists dressed as Britishmen boarded the ships and threw the Tea into the Boston Harbor because officials in Boston refused to return 3 shiploads of taxed tea to Britain. -
Quartering Act
Colonists had to provide housing for soldiers part of a group of laws that known as the Intolerable Acts were meant to restore imperial control over thr American Colonies. -
Forming of the first Continental Congress
was held because the colonists were mad about the Intolerable Acts and the Taxes. -
Committee of Corespondents
was tasked with contacting the legislature of each colony so that they could join Virginia and exchange their opinions of the British. -
Signing of the Declaratiioin of Independence
The Declaration of Independence urges people living in the colonies to throw out the government in the hands of Kin George III.
