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French/Indian War
The French and the British were both trying to claim the same land at the same time, thus conflict arose. The Indians sided with the french, but the British still won the war. The British however, were put into great debt, therefore making them tax the colonies more, which of course, was not well liked. -
The Stamp Act
The stamp act was a tax set on by the king on basically everything that included paper, playing cards, newspapers, ect. -
Townshend Acts
Yet another tax on the colonies brought on by Parliament. This put taxes on things such as glass, paper, and tea. This Act came close to crossing the line for the colonists, some even tar and feathered tax collectors. -
Boston Massacre
British soldiers and colonists finally had a skirmish out in the open, the taxes and not being listened to finally became too much for the colonists. There were shots fired, and five colonists were killed. -
Tea Act
This act was passed to help the falling East-India Trading company, giving them a monopoly over the tea trade in the colonies. -
Boston Tea Party
The colonists were now on the verge of rebelling against the crown. The colonists had enough, a group of them, disguised as Native Americans, snuck onto a ship and dumped crates upon crates of tea into the harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
These acts are made up of 4 different acts in response to the Boston tea party. They placed more restrictions on the colonists and closed the harbor -
1st Continental Congress
12 of the 13 colonies met on this day and discussed their well being. The greatest result of this meeting being that they called for the boycott of British goods. -
Lexington and Concord
British soldiers were ordered to confiscate colonial gunpowder, and to capture Samuel Adams and John Hancock. 8 colonists were killed at Lexington while at Concord, around 70 were lost. -
Second Continental Congress
All thirteen colonies were represented at this second congress in Philadelphia. They hoped the king would listen to their grievances this time, though George Washington was named head of the continental army.
