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Stamp act
Many riots broke out due to the stamp act which was, a direct tax on the colonists for any printed documents or papers. They were forced to get a stamp on any printed document and later they would be taxed for it. The colonists did not approve of this and rioted and by this date, November 1765, all the original 12 stamp collectors quit their job. -
Boston massacre
This began with a small argument with British private Hugh White and some colonists. Some colonists soon started throwing snowballs and sticks at some British soldiers and they shot and killed 5 colonists and inured 6. -
Boston tea party
The Boston tea party was a political tea party was a political protest against “taxation without representation”. Taxation without representation was a big problem and the colonists were getting tired of getting taxed with having someone to represent them in the parliament. They were forced to buy British tea only and they were getting taxed, so they dumped 342 chests of tea into the Harbor. -
The intolerable acts
This is when the British government attempted to shut down the British ports, so no cargo ships could import or export goods. This is when the sons of liberty told everyone to boycott British goods. -
Declaration of Independence
Many people started debating independence in their conversations. In the colonies many towns supported the idea they just needed a way to execute it, Thomas Paine’s common sense pamphlet was written and it encouraged many people to give their opinion. Drafts of the Declaration of Independence were written and on July 4 1776 it was published. -
Washington’s March
The British were fights the colonies, Spain, France, and Holland. The colonies had France as a alliance, who had a very strong army and navy. Washington marched with his troops from New York to Virginia, to trap the British while they were waiting for supplies. The colonies and the French had them surrounded, and General Cornwallis surrendered. -
End of the war
The sons of liberty and the British had peace negotiations, they wrote and signed the Treaty of Paris, and America was free from Britain. -
The constitution
The constitution was signed by the state delegates. The contrition is America’s national government and fundamental laws and guarantees basic human rights.
