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Treaty of Paris
The official document declaring that Great Britain had won the Seven Years’ War. The treaty completely flushed France out of North America. This stated that Great Britain was a supreme power and really it imitated big European powerhouses. It also gave the majority of the land in North America to Great Britain. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was the first tax on the colonies that the British Parliament passed. After being in debt from the Seven Years’ War, they decided to pass the taxation. The Stamp Act taxed all paper material. -
Quartering Act
The passing of this law allowed British soldiers to enter the house of any colonist and provide with food, water, and shelter. -
Townshend Acts
Possibly the law that was taken in worst by the colonies. The Act taxed almost every single import. The colonists were so mad that a radical group was made up and boycotted all British Goods. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a occurrence that happened on Boston harbor. The altercation between the red coats and the colonist escalated quickly as they went from snowballs to clubs. The red coats constantly warned the colonist to stop before matter gets worse. Simultaneously, there was a fire a couple blocks away and someone shouted, “fire.” The soldiers took it as a command and the rest is history. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party is regarded as one of the most notorious events of the American Revolution. After implementing the Tea Act of 1773, the colonists were furious. They believed that tea should be available for anyone, it was quite frankly a colonial household good. A radical group known as the Sons of Liberty, dressed up as Indian, went to Boston Harbor, and dumped 342 crates of tea. That could fill up an approximate 18.5 million tea bags. -
Intolerable Act
The Intolerable Acts was a set of acts that British Parliament put on the colonists of disobeying their laws and boycotting their goods. -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting between 55 delegates from 12 of the 13 states. The goal for the meeting was to find a solution to the unfair grievances that the British have been pressing on the colonies. The outcome of the First Continental Congress was the Declaration of Rights and the complete boycotting of British goods. -
Lexington and Concord
Before anything started in Lexington and Concord, the colonist gathered muskets and other weapons to train for the upcoming war. In April 1775, a British commander told the redcoats to seize gunpowder stores and arrest ringleaders Samuel Adams and John Hancock.Eventually, battle came. The minutemen from Lexington refused to disperse and 8 colonials died. When the British troops moved to Concord, the colonials were ready to ambush them in a wooded area and completely wrecked the troops. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was the founding document that gave the 13 original colonies rights and freedom. After beating the best army of the world, Great Britain, the United States of America was born and great things were yet to come.
