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Founding of the Colonies
There were 13 colonies, all founded by the British in 1607 -
“No Taxation Without Representation”
Slogan that was popular in the 1750's and 1760's. The Americans liked the view of actual representation, while the British liked virtual representation. -
French and Indian War
The French and Indian War is also called the 7 years war, even though it was 9 years long. It was really a fight between the French and English, but they each had Native Americans on their side -
Sugar Act, Quartering Act, Currency Act, Stamp Act
George Grenville was the prime minister of parliament, and he enforced the Navigation Act and passed the Sugar, Stamp, Currency, and Quartering Acts. -
Sons of Liberty
A secret organization that was created in the Thirteen American Colonies to protect the rights of the colonists and to fight taxation by the British government. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston tea party was the colonists protesting the British's taxation. They protested the tax by poring the tea into the Boston harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
Harsh laws passed by the British Parliament. They were meant to punish the American colonists for the Boston Tea Party and other protests. -
Boston Blockade
The Boston Blockade, also called the Boston port act, happened after the colonists protest (The Boston Tea party), they decided to close the Boston port, until the colonists payed them back for all the tea they dropped in the harbor. -
First Continental Congress
meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies who met from September 5 to October 26, 1774 at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania early in the American Revolution. -
Paul Revere’s “Ride”
Paul Revers's ride is a poem someone wrote about a ride he took. He went door to door telling everyone that the British were coming. -
Lexington and Concord
The first military engagements of the American Revolution. -
Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense”
Thomas Paine wrote "Common Sense", Which said that America needed to be separate from Britain. They started to form a military so they could keep the British out of their country.
