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The French and Indian War.
A war broke out between the French and Indian. -
The Albany Congress.
A meeting of representatives sent by the legislatures of the northern seven of the thirteen British North American colonies. -
Proclamation of 1763.
The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued October 7, 1763, by King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War. -
The Sugar Act.
On April 5, 1764, Parliament passed a modified version of the Sugar Act. -
The Currency Act.
The Currency Act of 1764.Extended the 1751 Act to all of the British colonies of North America. -
The Stamp Act.
The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765. -
The Quartering Act of 1765
Quartering Act is a name given to a minimum of two Acts of British Parliament in the local governments of the American colonies. -
Patrick Henry's "If this be treason, make the most of it!" speech
The “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death” Speech. -
The Virginia Stamp Acts Resolution.
The Virginia Resolves were a series of resolutions passed by the Virginia House of Burgesses in response to the Stamp Act of 1765. -
The Stamp Act Congress
The Stamp Act Congress or First Congress of the American Colonies was a meeting held between October 7 and 25, 1765 in New York City, consisting of representatives from some of the British colonies. -
The Declaratory Act
Declaratory Act, was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, which accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act 1765 and the changing and lessening of the Sugar Act. -
The Townshend Revenue Act
The first of the Townshend Acts, sometimes simply known as the Townshend Act, was the Revenue Act of 1767. -
Boston Non-Importation Agreement
The merchants and traders in the town of Boston having taken into consideration the deplorable situation of the trade, and the many difficulties it at present labours under on account of the scarcity of money, which is daily increasing for want of the other remittances to discharge our debts in Great Britain, and the large sums collected by the officers of the customs for duties on goods imported. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770, between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. Several colonists were killed and this led to a campaign by speech-writers to rouse the ire of the citizenry. -
The Gaspee Affair
The Sons of Liberty were very active throughout the colonies, and the British officers charged with enforcing the customs laws and the Stamp Act were becoming aggressive. -
The Tea Act
The Tea Act of 1773 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. Its principal objective was to reduce the massive surplus of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company in its London warehouses and to help the struggling company survive. -
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party (initially referred to by John Adams as "the Destruction of the Tea in Boston") was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, on December 16, 1773. -
Minutemen and redcoats clash at Lexington and Concord "The shot heard 'round the world."
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.
