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The Indian and French War
British soldiers fought against French soldiers and Native Americans. Native Americans joined in the battle against the British because they were afraid the British would take over their land. -
The Sugar Act
The British placed a tax on sugar because they wanted money to help provide more security . -
Stamp Act
Stamp Act imposed by the British government, They wanted to tax people without their approval to raise income to pay for the troops stationed in the colonies after the French-Indian War. -
Townshed Acts
They were designed to collect revenue from the colonists in America by putting customs duties on imports of glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea. -
Boston Tea Party
The Patriots were determined to prevent the tea on these ships from being landed on American with there tea being taxed so the Patriots started to dump the tea over in to Boston Habor. -
Intolerable Act
The government spent immense sums of money on troops and equipment in an attempt to subjugate Massachusetts. British merchants had lost huge sums of money on looted, spoiled, and destroyed goods shipped to the colonies. -
Battle at Lexington and Concord
The evening of April 18th, the British troops were ferried across the Boston Harbor to start their march on Lexington. Paul Revere hung two lanterns in the church steeple. Then Paul Revere, William Dawes and Dr. Samuel Prescott rode to warn the colonists that the British were coming. -
Second Continental Congress
Members of the Second Continental Congress met at the State House in Philadelphia. There were several new delegates including: John Hancock from Massachusetts, Thomas Jefferson of Virginia, and Benjamin Franklin from Pennsylvania. -
Thomas Paine's Common Sense
He arguments in favor of American independence. -
Declaration of Independent
When the Americans Declared Independence from Great Britian !
