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The French and Indain war start
The French and Indian War, fought between Britain and France in North America between 1756 and 1763, is also often referred to as the Seven Years' War. -
The Albany Congress
Representatives met daily at Albany, New York from June 19 to July 11, 1754 to discuss better relations with the Native American tribes and common defensive measures against the French threat from Canada. -
the end of the French and Indian war end
The Seven Years’ War ended with the signing of the treaties of Hubertusburg and Paris in February 1763. -
The Sugar Act
On April 5, 1764, Parliament passed a modified version of the Sugar and Molasses Act , which was about to expire. Under the Molasses Act colonial merchants had been required to pay a tax of six pence per gallon on the importation of foreign molasses. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament on March 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. -
Townshend Act
The Townsend Act was all about taxes being passed -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a famous pre-revolutionary incident that occurred on March 5, 1770. British troops (Redcoats), who were quartered in the city, fired into a rioting mob killing five American civilians. -
The Boston tea party
On the night of December 16, 1773, Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty boarded three ships in the Boston harbor and threw 342 chests of tea overboard. This resulted in the passage of the punitive Coercive Acts in 1774 and pushed the two sides closer to war. -
First Continental Congress start
First Continental Congress was a group of 56 delegates from 12 colonies (all except Georgia) who met in Philadelphia in September of 1774. They came together to act together in response to the Intolerable Acts. -
end of the first Continental congress
first Continental Congress met in Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia, from September 5, to October 26, 1774. Carpenter's Hall was also the seat of the Pennsylvania Congress. All of the colonies except Georgia sent delegates. These were elected by the people, by the colonial legislatures, or by the committees of correspondence of the respective colonies. -
Intolerable Acts March 24, 1774
The Intolerable Acts was the American Patriots' name for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea party. They were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in throwing a large tea shipment into Boston harbor. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
Lexington and Concord, Battles of April 1775. First engagements of the American Revolution. Minutemen at Lexington Green intercepted British troops marching from Boston to Concord, Massachusetts. The British killed several minutemen and advanced to Concord, where they destroyed some military supplies. -
Tthe Declaration Of Independence
The Declaration Of Independence, as amended, is adopted by congress. 4 Jul 1776 -
signing of the declaration of independence
In fact, independence was formally declared on July 2, 1776, a date that John Adams believed would be “the most memorable epocha in the history of America.” On July 4, 1776, Congress approved the final text of the Declaration. It wasn't signed until August 2, 1776.
