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The British fought the french and drove them out of north america. The treaty of pairs 1763 gave the British all land east of the Mississippi river
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Forbid the American colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains.
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Parliament passes the stamp act as a means to pay for British troops on the American frontier. Colonists violently protest the measure.
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Required colonists to provide food and shelter to British soldiers
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Stated Parliament had the right to tax the colonists at anytime
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passed by Parliament in 1767, placed taxes on imported materials such as glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea.
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Four workers shot by British troops stationed in Boston. Patriots label the killings "The Boston Massacre.
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Network of Individuals that kept people informed throughout the colonies; created after Boston Massacre.
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This lowered the tax on British tea, making it cheaper than the non-British tea colonists smuggled.
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Massachusetts patriots dressed as Mohawk Indians protest the British Tea Act by dumping crates of tea into Boston Harbor.
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Act where Boston is punished for their part in the Boston Tea Party. Closed Boston Harbor; closed their government offices and led to the First Continental Congress.
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The incident at the North Bridge later was memorialized by Ralph Waldo Emerson in his 1837 poem “Concord Hymn”.
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Thomas Paine's Common Sense published. Becomes an instant best seller and pushes the colonies closer to independence.
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Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence ratified by the Congress.
