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French and Indian War
The French and Indian War was between France and Great Britain. the French tried to take over Great Britain's land. The war ended with the Treaty of Paris. The Treaty provided Great Britain with territorial gains. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp act was imposed on all american colonist and was required to to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. The money from the stamp act was used to help pay the costs of protecting the American frontier. -
Townshend act
The Townshend act imposed duties on glass, lend, paints, paper, and tea imported into the colonies. Many Americans viewed the taxation as an abuse of power resulting in the passage of agreements to limit imports from Britain. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was the killing of five colonists by British regulars. The British officer in charge, Thomas Preston, was arrested for manslaughter, along with eight of his men. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party severed as a protest against taxation. Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty boarded three ships in the Boston harbor and threw 342 chests of tea overboard. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act was one of several measures imposed on the American colonists by the British government in the decade leading up to the American Revolutionary War. The act’s main purpose was not to raise revenue from the colonies but to bail out the floundering East India Company. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were passed to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party. The Boston Port Bill closed the Boston Harbor until the people of Boston paid for the tea that they threw into the harbor. The Administration of Justice Act did not allow British soldiers to be tried in the colonies for any crimes they might commit. This meant the soldiers could do anything they wanted since they would probably not be punished for their crimes. -
1st and 2nd Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress, which was comprised of delegates from the colonies, met in 1774 in reaction to the Coercive Acts. The Second Continental Congress convened after the American Revolutionary War had already begun. In 1776, it took the momentous step of declaring America’s independence from Britain. -
Lexington and Concord
The battle of Lexington and Concord was the beginning of the American Revolutionary War. The battle was between Britain and America. Hundreds of British troops marched over to a nearby Concord from Boston in order to seize an arm cache. -
Publishing on Common Sense
Thomas Paine publishes “Common Sense,” that argues in favor of American Independence. The pamphlet influenced American opinion.
