-
Stamp Act
Where Great Britain imposed a direct tax on the Thirteen Colonies and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper. It was important because the representatives from the nine colonies put aside their local differences and had joined together in a mutual cause. -
Townshend Acts
It was a series of British Acts of Parliament passed during 1767 and 1768 and relating to the British in North America. It was important because they helped to reignite anger in the colonies against England. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre also known as the Incident on King Street by the British, was a confrontation where the British Army soldiers shot and killed five people while under harassment by locals. It is seen as an important event because it united the colonists against Britain, which would eventually lead to the Revolutionary War. -
Boston Tea Party
It was a protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts. It was important because of both the British and American responses to the actions that followed the tea party. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
It was during the Siege of Boston in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War. The effect of the battle was that every time British soldiers go near, the colonists shot them. The colonists ran out of bullets and gunpowder and lost the hill. The British claimed victory because they won the hill. The Battle provided them with an important confidence boost.
