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french and Indian war
this was known for the seven years it started British and french they ended both up in north america so then eventually it spread to Europe. -
Stamp Act
the stamp act was passed by the British parliament so every public or legal document had to be stamped or had to have a British seal on it and that stamp coasted money so this is where the colonist finally started getting tires for paying for it -
Townshend act
many laws were passed by the British government to the american colonies they took away some of there rights from the colonist -
Boston Massacre
the British soldiers opened fire to a group of american colonist killing about 5 men -
tea act
it was an act that the British parliament was imposing tax on tea -
Boston tea party
the three British ships were at the Boston harbor they had lots of tea that wasn't being unloaded because of the tea act so they wanted to let the British know how unhappy they were and they way they showed them was by sending a message across Great Britain -
Intolerable acts
they were laws passed by the British parliament to discipline the american colonist for the Boston tea party -
1st and 2nd Continental Congress
the 1st and 2nd congress were delegates from the 13 colonies they had an agreement between many things -
Lexington and concord
they were the first military of the american revolution. so what happend was they ran into the British troops because they were sent there. the British troops marched from Boston all the way to concord -
publishing of common sense
Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet talking about the american independence
