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This act taxed most paper products including newspapers.
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This English act taxed lead, glass, paint, paper and tea.
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English soilders killed five and injured six hostile Boston citizens who opposed the Townshend acts.
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Colonial citizens threw boxes of tea overboard because they opposed the tax o tea.
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This act allowed some people to be tried in England, quartering for British soilders, and allowed the King to appoint the Governor's counsel instead of electing them.
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All colonies except Georgia met in Philadelphia to discuss problems in the colonies. They sent King George III a letter saying they were loyal to him but these problems needed to be fixed. They refused to trade with England until they could govern themselves.
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All the colonies met in Philadelphia and created a Continental Army. They made George Washington Commander-in-Chief.
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A document declaring the US to be independent of the British Crown was signed on July 4, 1776, by the congressional representatives of the 13 Colonies.
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Delaware is the first to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
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Pennsylvania is the second state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
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New Jersey is the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
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Georgia is the fourth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
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Connecticut is the fifth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution,
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Massachusetts is the sixth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
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Maryland is the seventh state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
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South Carolina is the eighth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
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New Hampshire is the ninth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
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In 1788 Virginia was the tenth state to ratify the Constitution and recommended the Bill of Rights be added.
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Virginia is the tenth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
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New York is the eleventh state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
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North Crolina is the twelfth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
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Rhode Island is the thirteenth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
