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Stamp Act
An act that was passed in colonial times that made it so that the colonists would have to pay a tax on every single printed paper product that they bought. Such as; Ship Papers, legal documents, newspapers and even playing cards! -
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American Revolution
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Protest of Stamp Act
The original idea was a petition but it soon got out of hand. The American people began to protest the tax and then they just stopped paying it. -
Gaspee Affair
A British ship by the name of the Gaspee ran aground in Rhode Island. Later that night a group of Americans raided the Gaspee harming the captain and all of the crew members. -
Boston Tea Party
The British began to put a large tax on tea. This cause anger within the people of the colnies. When three British boats full of tea landed in Boston Harbor, the Bostonians became very upset. They became so upset that they climbed into the boats disguised as Native Americans and threw the boxes upon boxes of tea into the harbor. -
The Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable acts came in four parts. The first part was that the British made sure that all the damages and tea from the Boston Tea Party were paid for. It then closed down Boston Harbor for anything but British ships. The second thing they did was send loads of British troops into Boston. Third, the British government became in charge of all Boston Town Meetings. Lastly, they extended the Canadian borders to cut off the western colonies. -
Quebec Act
The Quebec act removed all fur trade from Ohio all the way down the Mississippi River. -
First Continental Congress
When a represenative from all of the colonies except for Georgia got together and decided to stop continental trade until the Intolerable Acts were revoked. -
British pulled out of Virginia
Patriot troops attacked the British troops in Virginia and won, the British fled Virginia. -
British evacuate Boston
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The Battle of Lexington and Concord
The British began to march to Concord. With much disgrace the men of the town around met the British military in an open field to stop the march. There was a gun shot that is now know as the Shot Hear Around the World. The Patriots did not have great marksmanship but they killed 250 Red Coats while only 90 Patriots died. -
Paul Revere's Ride
The night before the Battle of Lexington and Concord Paul Revere rode his horse around town of Massachusets alerting the colonial Militia of the marching of British troops. He is known for saying "The British are Coming, the British are coming." -
Second Continental Congress
During this meeting the leaders decided to form a militia that would defend the colnies from the attacking British soldiers. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
A battle that took place on Breed's hill. The British won the battle. -
Olive Branch Petition
The Continental Congress sent a letter to the King George the Third asking him to call off the violence so that they could work out the problems peacfully, it also stated that they were still loyal to him. -
Proclomation for Suppressing Rebellion and Sedition
A document written by King George the Third. After writting this he refused to look at the Decleration of Indapendance. -
Commitee of Correspondence Established
An organization that was founded in each colony it was used to communicate and unite the colonies. -
Common Sense Published
A book that was written to show just how bad the King really was, This book needed to be written becasue at the time because the people looked at Parliment as the bad guy, no the king. -
Writting of the Declaration of Independance
The Decleration on Indapendance was written by Thomas Jefferson and before the final singning on July 4th the document went through 86 edits. -
Decleration of Indapendance
The final document written by the colonists declaring freedom from England. The Decleration talked about why the colonists were fighting England and why they wanted Freedom. It is looked at as the most famous and important document of American history. -
George Washington Appointed General
George Washington was elected Comandor and Chief of the continental army. He lead the final battles for indapendance against Britian. He was elected because of his previous experience.
