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The stamp act
A stamp act is any legislation that requires a tax to be paid on the transfer of certain documents. Those that pay the tax receive an official stamp on their documents, making them legal documents. The taxes raised under a stamp act are called stamp duty. -
Paul Revere
Paul Revere (December 21, 1734 – May 10, 1818)[N 1] was an American silversmith, early industrialist, and a patriot in the American Revolution. He is most famous for alerting the Colonial militia to the approach of British forces before the battles of Lexington and Concord, as dramatized in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem, "Paul Revere's Ride." -
Patrick Henry
Patrick Henry (May 29, 1736 – June 6, 1799) was an American attorney, planter and politician who became known as an orator during the movement for independence in Virginia in the 1770s. -
French and Indian war
The French and Indian War (1754–1763) is the American name for the North American theater of the Seven Years' War. The war was fought primary between the colonies of British America and New France. -
The sugar act
The Sugar Act, also known as the Armerican Revenue Act or the Armerican duties act, was a revenue-raising act passed by the Parliament of great britain on april 5, 1764 -
The Boston Masacre
The Boston Massacre, known as the Incident on King Street by the British, was an incident on March 5, 1770, in which British Army soldiers killed five civilian men and injured six others. British troops had been stationed in Boston, capital of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, since 1768 in order to protect and support crown-appointed colonial officials attempting to enforce unpopular Parliamentary legislation. -
ethen allen and the taking of fort ticonderoga
Vermont native who fought in the French and Indian War and Revolutionary War. He and his Green Mountain Boys, along with Benedict Arnold, were instrumental in the capture of Fort Ticonderoga, which contained a stockpile of British weapons. He later led an invasion of Montreal that failed miserably. He was captured and later freed in a prisoner exchange. He was commander of the Vermont militia and a leading voice for Vermont's becoming a state.
