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Parliament passed the acts to regulate colonial trade and manufacturing.
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The English beat the French and Native Americans. After the war they were trained of their treasury and therefore forced colonists to pay for their own protection.
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This act taxed items such as newspapers and pamphlets. The colonists believed this went against their rights and grew angry at
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In Boston, British soldiers opened fired on a crowd that was pelting them with stones and snowballs. This event enhanced the colonists anger.
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Parliament passed this act to put taxes on tea. The colonists responded to this by having the Boston Tea Party.
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Massachusetts colonists hurled a cargo of recently delivered tea into the harbor. Parliament passed hard laws on Massachusetts, the colonies rallied to help them.
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The Parliament passed these acts to punish colonists after the Boston Tea Party
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Representatives from each of the colonies gathered in Philadelphia to discuss how to respond to Britain’s moves against Massachusetts.
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The battle in Massachusetts fired the opening shots of the American Revolution.
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The Continental Army was set up with George Washington in command. They also voted that they would declare independence from Britain.
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The representatives all signed the Declaration of Independence, used enlightenment ideas to state their rights.
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Continental troops suffered a brutal winter of hunger, cold, and disease.
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The Americans triumphed over the British, persuading the French to join the Americans.
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With the help of the French, Washington forced the British to surrender. With that defeat the British War effort crumbled.
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The representatives wrote this to state the rights of all citizens and the fundamental laws of the nation.
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The Constitution created a system of checks and balances and a federal republic.
