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The Mayflower lands at Plymouth Rock
The Mayflower arrived in Plymouth Harbor in 1620, after first stopping near today’s Provincetown. According to oral tradition, Plymouth Rock was the site where William Bradford and other Pilgrims first set foot on land. -
The French and Indian War
The French and Indian Wars (1754-1763) set the stage for the Seven Years' War, in which British colonies in North America fought against French colonies, supported by various Native American tribes on both sides. -
The Sugar Act
The Sugar Act, also known as the Plantation Act or Revenue Act (1764), was a British law aimed at ending the sugar and molasses smuggling trade in the French and Dutch West Indies in American colonial history and increasing imports to cover the responsibilities of the expanded British Empire. -
The Currency Act
The Monetary Act, or Banknote Credit Act, is one of several laws in the British Parliament that regulate banknotes issued by British American colonies. This law was intended to protect British merchants and creditors from paying in the devalued colonial currency. -
The stamp Act
It levies taxes directly on British colonies in the Americas, and many of the prints are produced on postage stamps from London with the colony’s import stamp. -
The Quartering Act
In American colonial history, British Parliamentary regulations required colonial authorities to provide food, drink, lodging fuel, and transportation to British troops stationed in towns or villages. -
The Townshend Revenue Act
The Townshend Revenue Act imposed import duties on items such as glass,lead,paint,and paper,it also gave local officials more power to deal with smugglers and those trying to evade royal taxes. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre, a famous battle between british troops and crowds took place on march 5,1770,in boston,Massachustts. -
The First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was convened between September 5 and October 26, 1774 at Carpenters Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Representatives of 12 of Britain's 13 American colonies met to discuss America's future amid growing British aggression. -
Patrick Henry’s “Give me Liberty or give me Death” speech
"Give me freedom, otherwise give me death!" This is a quote from Patrick Henry in his address to the Second Virginia Convention in St. Louis, March 23, 1775. -
The Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was a gathering of representatives of the 13 American colonies that united in the American War of Independence. Following the First Continental Congress held in Philadelphia from September 5 to October 26, 1774, this conference convened on May 10, 1775, shortly after the Battle of Lexington and Concord, with representatives of the 12 colonies in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. has been -
Pennsylvania Becomes a Colony
Founded by British Quaker William Penn,Pennsylvania became the colony’s major economic and political center. -
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston tea party was an American political and commercial protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts on December 16, 1773, its purpose was the Tea Act of 10 May 1773, which allowed the British East India Company to sell tea.
