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War fought between Great Britain and its two enemies, the French and the Indians of North America. Most of the battles were in Canada.
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The act that put a three-cent tax on foreign refined sugar and increased taxes on coffee, indigo, and certain kinds of wine. It also banned importation of rum and French wines.
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First direct British tax on American colonists. Every newspaper, pamphlet, and other public and legal document had to have a Stamp, or British seal, on it.
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The colonists didn't think they should have to pay for something they had been doing for free for many years, and they responded in force, with demonstrations and even with a diplomatic body
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laws placed new taxes on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea
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Shooting of five American colonists by British troops on March 5, 1770.
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American colonists calling themselves the Sons of Liberty and disguised as Mohawk Native Americans boarded three British ships and dumped 342 whole crates of British tea into Boston harbor.
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Two groups of people from all the Colonies who came together to discuss liberty.
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First shots fired between American and British troops
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The Continental Congress created the Continental Army and named George Washington as commander-in-chief.
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First president of the United States
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Two-day engagement between British forces under the command of General William Howe and American forces under Colonel William Prescott.
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Patriot and American soldier whose main contribution was in writing.
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Many prominent Americans signed it
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Document declaring the 13 American Colonies independent from Great Britain.
