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French/Indian War
The French/Indian War was also referred to as the Seven Years War, the cause of this war was economics and power. The war began in 1754 and finally ended in 1763 due to the Treaty of Paris. Great Britain won the war and was rewarded territory in North America. The debt from the war later resulted in the American Revolution. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was the first tax that the British government put into place against the colonists. It came at a time when they were still recovering from the Seven Years War, they were now being taxed on all paper documents. This was very hard on the colonists because it should have been used to pay off the war debt and instead they had to use their hard earned money to pay the British. -
Townshend Act
The Townshend Act was the next tax that the British had put into place against the colonists. They had begun to tax things like glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea that was being imported into the colonies. In 1770 the colonists accused the British parliament of taxing these products as an abuse of power, this caused parliament to retract all taxes on these items except tea. The repealing of these taxes led to a truce leading up to the war. -
Boston Massacre
On March 5,1770, there was a mob of British colonists guarding the Customs House. A group of Patriots who were protesting the occupation of their city by British troops, were throwing snow balls and other objects at the British troops, Private Hugh Montgomery was hit by a snow ball and fired his bayonet. His soldiers followed suit and soon the lives of 5 men were taken and injuring 3. This is marked by some historians as the first bloodshed of the American Revolution. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act of 1773 was just another tax on yet another frequently used product by the colonists. It was passed by the British parliament on May 10, 1773. The British needed this tax to improve their ally with the East India company, the colonists resistance to pay the taxes on the tea resulted in to the Boston Tea Party. -
Boston Tea Party
In the middle of the night on December 16, 1773 Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty boarded onto 3 separate British boats and threw 342 cases of tea into the Boston Harbor. They did this because of the absurd taxes on the tea, the colonists were tired of paying taxes for their own goods, so they decided to take action. By dumping the tea into the harbor the colonists and the British even closer to war. -
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1st and 2nd Continental Congress
The first continental congressional meeting was held in 1774 in reaction to the Coercive Acts. The second continental congressional meeting was held in 1775 after the American Revolutionary War had already started, and in 1776 it met to declare the colonies independence from Great Britain. In 1781 the first ratified national Constitution was made, called the Articles of Confederation. It was finally replaced in 1789 by the U.S. Constitution. -
Intolerable Act
The Intolerable Acts was the affect on the colonies of the Boston Tea Party. They were laws issued by King George III himself, made so that the colonists would not rebel against the laws again, there were four. The Intolerable Acts, or the Coercive Acts were the following the Quartering Act which meant the colonists had to take British soldiers into their homes, the Massachusetts Government Act, the Boston Porter Act, and the Administration of Justice Act, along with these came the Quebec Act. -
Lexington and Concord
The battle at Lexington and Concord started the American Revolutionary War. On April 18, 1775 British troops marched from Boston to Concord, this sparked the midnight ride of Paul Revere, when he rode through the streets warning the colonists of the British troops. This helped the colonists in the war and it took away the British surprise attack tactic. -
Publishing of Common Sense
In 1776 an author by the name of Thomas Pain publishes a pamphlet entitled "Common Sense". This sparked the the idea of his arguments about American Independence. It is considered one of the most influential pamphlets in history, in this era pamphlets were the most popular way to spread ideas throughout the country. In the pamphlet it talks about gaining independence for the colonies, freeing them from Britain. -
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History.com Staff. “Boston Massacre.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 2009, www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-massacre. Accessed 6 Sept. 2017. -
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History.com Staff. “Boston Tea Party.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 2009, www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-tea-party. Accessed 6 Sept. 2017.
History.com Staff. “The Continental Congress.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 2010, www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/the-continental-congress. Accessed 6 Sept. 2017.
