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The French and Indian War
The French and Indian War were also known as the Seven Year War was a war that happened between 1756 to 1763 and it caused new and unpopular taxes that angered people witch was another cause of the revolution. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act is also known as the plantation act in 1764 was when the British legislation aimed at to try and end the smuggling trade of sugar so because of this it increased prices and revenue for a lot of things. -
Sons of Liberty
The Sons of Liberty was a political organization in the thirteen colonies founded to advance the rights of the colonists and to fight taxation by the British government. It played a major role in most colonies in battling the Stamp Act in 1765. -
The Stamp Act
In 1765, because of the financial debt caused by the French and Indian War and there other European wars, the British Parliament passed the stamp act. The act made all colonists required to buy a stamp and put them on all documents, newspapers, and even playing cards. -
Quartering Act
On March 24, 1765, the British Parliament passed the Quartering Act Colonists resented the Quartering Act as unjust taxation, as it required colonial legislatures to pay to house the troops. -
Committees of Correspondence
The Committees of Correspondence were the American colonies' means for maintaining communication lines in the years before the Revolutionary War. -
Boston Tea Party
In 1773 the British made another move that caused the colonist to be angered. They passed the tea act, it let the British companies sell their tea straight to the colonies free without taxes and made the merchants in the colonies pay for it. Then one night a group of colonies went disguised as native Americans and dumped all of the ship's tea into the harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable also known as the Coercive Acts of 1774 were laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. The law was meant to punish the colonist for their acts of throwing the tea in the harbor because of their reaction to the change in taxation by the British goverment. -
First Continental Congress
It occurred in Carpenters Hall in Philadelphia. It happened between September 5, and October 26, 1774. twelve of Britain’s thirteen American colonies met to discuss America’s future under growing British aggression. Some of the delegates that were there was Samuel Adams, George Washington, and John Adams. -
Paul Revere
During the night of April 18, 1775 hundreds of the British troops started marching from Boston to Conrad Massachusetts. During the night Paul rever and other riders alarmed everyone. The next day local militiamen clashed with the British in the Battle of Lexington which was another cause of the revolution. -
Paul Revere
During the night hundreds of British troops marched from Boston To nearby Conrad, Massachusetts. Then Paul revers alarms the whole town. The Day after on April 19 the local militiamen clashed with their British troops in the Battle of Lexington and Concord witch was the start of the revolution. -
Battle of Lexington and Conrad
The Battle of Lexington and Conrad happened the day after the Midnight Ride on April 19, 1775. This was the start of the American revolution making it known as the shot heard from around the world witch signified the start of the war. -
Second continental congress
On May 10, 1775, The Second Continental Congress meet in Philadelphia and they debate their independence. They recognize militiamen as a continental army. Then they Appoint George Washington as commander print paper money to pay troops -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill happened on June 17, 1775, and the british troops attack militia in the north of Boston. Overall it was a costly British win; 450 colonists and over 1,000 British casualties and this created tension to start the revolution. -
Common Sense
Common Sense attacks king George calls for an independent republic. They argue independence will allow free trade, foreign aid.
Independence gives equal social-economic to all 500,000 copies of pamphlet sold. -
Declaring independence
In Congress, July 4th, 1776 the declaration of right list complaints, people have natural rights to life liberty property and people consent to obey a government that protect rights so people can resist or overthrow a tyrannical government on July 4, 1776 delegates adopt a declaration.