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Led to France losing power over the Americas (mostly being transferred to Britain). Bitterness at the loss led France to later support the Colonists in the Revolutionary War.
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A law imposed by the British upon the colonies that required documents to have a specific stamp (bought from the British government) on them. This was greatly unpopular among the colonists and fed growing unrest in the colonies.
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A mob begins harassing a British sentry, who (with backup) fires into the crowd without orders, killing 5 in total.
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A colonial protest against British tea monopoly and "taxation without representation" in which Colonists threw chests of imported tea from British ships into the water.
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A meeting of delegates from all but one (Georgia) of the Thirteen Colonies which met in response to the British government's strict regualtions enacted after the Boston Tea Party.
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A battle fought in the early stages of the Revolutionary War between British troops and Colonists. Although the British were victorious, they suffered heavy casualties, proving a colonial militia was capable of standing a chance against the British military.
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The first engagements of the American Revolutionary War, where a Colonial militia forced British forces to retreat to Boston.
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A defensive treaty between France and the US ensuring that both would aid each other if a fight were to break out with British Forces.
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The original American constitution, written by the First Continental Congress, which was later supplanted by the US Constitution of 1789.
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A treaty signed by representatives of Britain and America which ended the Revolutionary War and defined the boundaries of the British Empire and the United States.
