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Writ of Assistance
The Writ of Assistance took place in 1660. A Writ of Assistance was a written order issued by a court instructing a law enforcement official such as a sheriff or a tax collector to perform a certain task. A Writ of Assistance were issued by the Court of Exchequer to help customs officials search for smuggled goods. The Writ of Assistance created tension between Britain and the colonies because the the colonies were concerned and openly opposed that the Writ of Assistance invaded their rights. -
John Locke's Social Contract
John Locke's Social Contract took place in the 1760s - 1770s. John Locke's Social Contract was for people to have natural rights to life, liberty, and property. This moved the colonies closer to war with Britain because the people wanted their rights and if the government violates this they will be overthrown. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris started on 1763. The Treaty of Paris the treaty that ended the Revolutionary War, confirming the independence of the United States, and setting the boundaries of the new nation. The Treaty of Paris happened so that war between the French and British would end. -
Proclamation ( 1763)
The Proclamation took place in 1763. The Proclamation established a Proclamation Line along the Appalachians, which the colonists were not allowed to cross.The Proclamation happened because the British intended to conciliate the Indians by checking the encroachment of settlers on their lands.The Proclamation created tension because the British government did not want American colonists crossing the Appalachian Mountains and creating tension with the French and Native Americans there. -
Sugar Act & Colonists Response
The Sugar Act took place in 1764. The Sugar Act was a trade law enacted by Parliament. The Sugar Act happened in an attempt to reduce smuggling in the British colonies in North America. The Sugar Act created tension between Britain and the colonies because the purpose of the tax was to help pay for troops stationed in North America after the British victory in the Seven Years' War. -
Stamp Act & Colonists Response
The Stamp Act was enforced in March 1765. This act imposed a tax on documents and printed items such as wills, newspapers, and playing cards. This happened because a stamp would be placed on the items to prove that the tax had been paid. This was the first tax that created tension between the colonists because it was levied on goods and services. -
Sons of Liberty is Formed & Samuel Adams
The Sons of Liberty was formed on May 1765. The Sons of Liberty was a secret organization that was created in the Thirteen American Colonies. The Sons of Liberty happened to protest the passing of the Stamp Act in 1765. The Sons of Liberty created tension between Britain and the colonies because the colonists wanted to advance the rights of the European colonists and fight taxation by the British government. -
American Revolution
The American Revolution happened on April 19, 1765. The American Revolution War was when the United States gained independences. Three interesting facts about the American Revolution War was that the American Revolution was a struggle between 13 American colonies and Great Britain, the American colonies wished to attain independence and create a new sovereign nation – the United States, and the American Revolutionary War lasted for eight years between April 1775 to September 1783. -
Declaratory Act
The Declaratory Act was passed on March 18, 1766.
The Declaratory Act was an Act which asserted Parliament's full right to bind the colonies and people of America in all cases whatsoever. The Declaratory Act happened to affirm its power to legislate for the colonies. This created tension between Britain and the colonies because the British asserted its legal right to tax colonies. -
Townshend Acts & Colonists Response
The Townshend Act was passed on 1767. The Townshend Act was an Act the taxed goods that were imported into the colony from Britain such as lead, glass, paint, paper, and tea. The Townshend Act happened because the British wanted to get the colonies to pay for themselves and to pay for the salaries of officials such as governors and judges. The Townshend Act created tension because the British government thought the colonists should help pay the cost of their protection. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre happened on March 5, 1770. The Boston Massacre was a street fight between a mob and British soldiers. Shots were fired and five colonists were killed or mortally wounded. The Boston Massacre happened because the British had instituted a number of new taxes on the American colonies including taxes on tea, glass, paper, paint, and lead. This created tension because the British government had been trying to increase control over the colonies and raise taxes on them too. -
Tea Act
In 1773 Lord North passed the Tea Act. The Tea Act was a Act to reduce the massive amount of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company. The Tea Act happened because the British were going bankrupt and this Act helped lower the tea tax and paid the British government. The Tea Act created tension because it placed no new tax on tea instead it gave the East India Company a virtual monopoly on selling tea in the colonies. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party happened in 1773. The Boston Tea Party was a large group of Boston rebels who disguised themselves as Native Americans and proceeded to take action against three British tea ship anchored in the harbor. The Boston Tea Party happened as a result of taxation without representation. Later Indians dumped 18,000 pounds of tea. This created tension because the American colonists believed Britain was unfairly taxing them to pay for expenses during the French and Indian War. -
Intolerable Acts
Took place in 1774. Shut down Boston harbor. It happened so it would punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest in reaction to changes in taxation by the British to the detriment of colonial goods. The Quartering Act authorized British commanders to house soldiers in vacant private homes and others buildings. To these measures General Thomas Gage commander in chief of British forces in North AM was appointed the new governor of Massachusetts. -
First Continental Congress Meets
The Fist Continental Congress meets were on 1774. The First Continental Congress was when 56 delegates met in Philadelphia and drew up a declaration of colonial rights. This moved the colonies closer to war with Britain because they defended the colonies' right to run their own affairs and stated that if the British used force against the colonies, the colonies should fight back. -
Minutemen
The Minutemen happened in 1775. The Minutemen was civilian soldiers who pledged to be ready to fight against the British on a minute's notice quietly stockpiled firearms and gunpowder. This moved the colonies closer to war with Britain because the British herd about the Minutemen stockpiling weapons and went to seize them. Then moving on to conquered where the Minutemen humiliated the British soldiers. -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress took place in May 1775. The Second Continental Congress was for the colonial leaders to debate their next move. This moved colonies closer to war with Britain because they agreed to recognize the colonial militia as the Continental Army and appointed George Washington as its commander. -
Continental Army
The Continental Army happened in 1775-1776. The Continental Army was formed by the Second Continental Congress after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War by the ex-British colonies that became the United States of America. This was significant because it had a number of advantages over the British army. Their biggest advantage was that they were fighting for a grand cause, their independence and freedom, which was a very motivating factor. -
French and Indian War
The French and Indian War took place on 1754 and lasted till 1763. The French and Indian War was a large conflict of North American imperial war between Great Britain and France. It happened because the French empire in North American expanded and collided with the growing British empire. This created tension between Britain and the colonies because the war provided Britain territorial gains in North America. Subsequent frontier policy and paying the war's expenses led to colonial discontent. -
Battle of Lexington
The Battle of Lexington was happened on April 19, 1775. The Battle of Lexington the first battle of the Revolutionary War that lasted only 15 minutes and were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. The British won the Battle of Lexington because they had most of the power and more men. For example 700 British troops were headed for Concord. This was a significant part of the war because this signaled the start of the American Revolutionary war. -
Battle of Concord
The Battle of Concord happened in 1775. Concord were the first military engagements of the ARW. Someone fired, and the British soldiers sent a volley of shots into the departing militia. Eight minutemen were killed and ten more were wounded, but only one British soldiers was injured. Between 3,000 and 4,000 minutemen had assemble by now, and they fired troops from behind stone walls and trees. British soldiers fell by the dozen. Colonies had become enemies of Britain and held Boston siege -
Olive Branch Petition
The Olive Branch Petition took place on June 17, 1775. The Olive Branch Petition was urged to return to the former harmony between Britain and the colonies. This moved the colonies closer to war with Britain because infuriated King George issued a proclamation stating colonies were in rebellion and he order a naval blockade to isolate a line of ships on to the American coast( cutting off their supplies). -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill happened on June 17, 1775. The Battle of Bunker Hill cooped up in Boston where British general Thomas Gage decided to strike at militiamen on Breed's Hill, north of the city and near the colonists held their fire until the last minute and began to mow down the advancing redcoats before finally retreating. The colonists had lost 450 men, British had suffered over 1,000 casualties. -
Declaration of Independence Author, Summery of Statements made, date of adoption
The Declaration of Independence happened on 1776. The Declaration of Independence declared freedom from Britain and all men are created equal and rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The people's power install a government. This moved the colonies closer to war with Britain because it declared freedom from Britain. -
Loyalists and Patriots
Loyalists were those who opposed independence and remained loyal to the British King included judges and governors, as well as people of more modest means. Most Loyalists thought that the British were going to win and wanted to avoid punishment as rebels. Patriots were the supporters of independence drew their numbers from people who saw political and economic opportunity in an independent America. Many African Americans fought on the side of the Patriots. Most Natives supported the Bit -
Redcoats Push Washington's Army across the Delaware River into Pennsylvania
In 1776 the Redcoats Pushed Washington's Army across the Delaware River and into the Pennsylvania. In the face of a fierce storm, Washington led 2,400 men in small rowboats across the ice-choked Delaware River. They marched to their objective Trenton, New Jersey and defeated a garrison of Hessians in surprise attack. The British regrouped and in September of 1777 they captured the American capital at Philadelphia. -
Publication of Common Sense
The Publication of Common Sense took place in 1777. The Publication of Common Sense was the independence would give equal social and economic opportunities for all. This moved the colonies closer to war with Britain to help overcome any doubts about separating from Britain.
