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French and Indian war
The French and Indian war was a conflict in North America that was part of worldwide struggle between France and Britain. Britain won and received French Canada as a tribute. This also cemented their place in the colonies on what is now the east coast of the U.S.A. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was the law that established the first direct taxation of goods and services within the British colonies in North America. -
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The Townshend Acts
These acts taxed goods that were imported from Britin such as lead, glass, paint, paper, and tea. This really caused an outrage among the British colonists in America. -
The Boston Massacre
This was a clash between colonists and British soldiers, in which five of the colonists were killed. -
The Tea Act
This is the act that allowed the British East India Cmpany to sell tea to the colonies free of tax, forcing the colonists to pick up the tab. -
The Boston Tea Party
This was the dumping of 18,000 pounds of tea into the the Boston Harbor to protest the outrageous tea act. -
The intolerable acts
These were a series of acts that the colonists found to be "intolerable" and was a major event leading up to the revolution. The first of these acts was the "Boston Port act" which was passed on March 30, 1774 as a direct response to the Boston Tea party. -
The fist Continental Congress
This is when the first continental congress met. 56 delegates from the thirteen different colonies drew up a declaration of colonial rights. -
Lexington and Concord
April 19, 1775 will always be a day that is special to Americans. This is the day that we fought the first two battles of the revolutionary war against the British. -
the Second Continental Congress
This was the landmark eent where it was decided that the colonists shall fight for their independence -
Common sense
This was a pamphlet published by Thomas Paine that called for the seperation of the colonies from Britain
