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An Act that said the English Colonials could only sell raw goods to England and could only buy from England.
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An act that the British imposed on the Colonies giving them a tax on molasse.
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A fort that George Washington built and a host place for the seven-year war.
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A land War where Britain fought the French. The war provided Great Britain a big land gains in North America
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The Sugar Act was a Tax the British added making sugar extra cost for the colonists.
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A tax the British gave the Colonists so they had to pay more for paper, playing cards, and documents.
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A tax the British passed which taxed glass, lead, paper, paint, and tea.
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British redcoats guarding Boston shot into a crowd of colonists, killing some people and injuring others (It wasn't entirely their fault)
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The Intolerable Acts were a sort of way to punish the Bostonians for performing the Boston Tea Party.
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A royal governor of Massachusetts who kicked out the previous leader and instantly turned Boston more strict
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An Act that said the British could and would house its soldiers in colonial barracks and public houses.
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An Act granting emancipation to the Catholic, French-speaking settlers of the province.
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In Pennsylvania, Delegates from twelve of the thirteen Colonies met to talk about America's future underneath the British.
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Joseph Warren summoned Paul Revere and gave him the task of riding to Lexington, Massachusetts.
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The shot heard around the world started here and marked the start of the American revolution
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Fort Ticonderoga was taken from the British by the Colonists in a surprise attack by Benedict Arnold.
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Colonial soldiers faced the British army for Bunker Hill.
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The Olive Branch Petition was the last attempt to not start a war between the Colonists and the British
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The Declaratory Act passed by Parliament on the same day the Stamp Act was repealed, stated that Parliament could make laws binding the Colonies
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The takeover of Boston was the start American Revolutionary War. The colonial militia led by George Washington stopped the British Army
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King George III had thousands of Hessians hired to try and keep control.
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The Second Continental Congress agreed to the Declaration of Independence and signed it in Pennsylvania
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The Second Continental Congress and the Declaration of Independence. A short time after the shot heard around the world.