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Founding of the Colonies
The Thirteen Colonies were a group of British colonies on the east coast of North America founded in the 17th and 18th centuries that declared independence in 1776 and formed the United States of America. The Thirteen Colonies had very similar political, constitutional, and legal systems, and were dominated by Protestant English-speakers. -
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Sugar Act, Quartering Act, Currency Act, and Stamp Act
The Sugar Act, Quartering Act, Currency Act, and Stamp Act were a series of acts created by the British Parliment. These were a series of tax from created by the British and is one of the events that led to the Revolutionary War. -
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The French and Indian war
The French and Indian war, also known as The Seven Years War, was a conflict that marked another chapter in the long struggle between France and Britain. The war started when France's expansion in the Ohio River brought conflict with the British. It was not until 1763 when the British defeated the French -
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"No Taxation Without Representation"
No taxation without representation is a phrase, generally attributed to James Otis about 1761, that reflected the resentment of American colonists at being taxed by a British Parliament to which they elected no representatives and became an anti-British slogan before the American Revolution. -
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Sons of Liberty
The Sons of Liberty was an organization that was created in the Thirteen American Colonies. The secret society was formed to protect the rights of the colonists and to fight taxation by the British government. They played a major role in most colonies in battling the Stamp Act in 1765. -
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Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 16, 1773. The demonstrators, some disguised as Native Americans, in defiance of the Tea Act of May 10, 1773, destroyed an entire shipment of tea sent by the East India Company. -
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Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were a series of acts created by the British in 1774. The British did these acts to punish the American colonist after the events of the boston tea party -
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Boston Blockade
The Boston Blockade was an act of the British Parliament of Great Britain which became law in 1774. These acts were created to punish the people in Boston, Massachusetts. -
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First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a 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. It was called in response to the Intolerable Acts passed by the British Parliament, which the British referred to as the Coercive Acts, with which the British intended to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party. -
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Paul Revere's Ride
From April 18 - April 19, 1775, Paul and William rode from Boston to Lexington. The reason why was to inform John Hancock and Samuel Adams about the British armies coming to attack Lexington. -
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Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord, fought on April 19, 1775, kicked off the American Revolutionary War. Tensions had been building for many years between residents of the 13 American colonies and the British authorities, particularly in Massachusetts. On the night of April 18, 1775, hundreds of British troops marched from Boston to nearby Concord in order to seize an arms cache. -
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Thomas Paine's "Common Sense"
Common Sense is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–76 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. It was published anonymously on January 10, 1776, at the beginning of the American Revolution, and became an immediate sensation. Paine marshaled moral and political arguments to encourage common people in the Colonies to fight for egalitarian government.