Curriculum Standards

The Stamp Act

Mar 22, 1765

The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. Ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards were taxed.

The Tea Act

Jan 10, 1773

This act passed by British Parliament launched the final spark to the revolutionary movement in Boston

The Intolerable Acts

Mar 24, 1774

The Coercive Acts, known in America as the Intolerable Acts, were passed by the British Parliament in 1774 as punishment for the destruction wrought during the Boston Tea Party, a violent reaction to the British tea tax of 1773.

Declaration of Independence

Jul 4, 1776

The Writing of the Declaration of Independence