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The Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was passed in 1764. The British placed a tax on sugar, wine, and other important things. The British did this because they wanted more money; the British wanted this money to help provide more security for the colonies. -
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The Revolutinary Period
Events of Revolutionary War
The Revolution was one of the most important time periods in U.S. history. The United States seperated from Great Britain and formed their own free nation. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765. The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. Ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards were taxed. -
The Declaratory Act
This was the declaration by the British Parliament that accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act. It stated that the British Parliament’s taxing authority was the same in America as in Great Britain. Parliament had directly taxed the colonies for revenue in the Sugar Act and the Stamp Act. -
The Townshend Revenue Act
Taxes on glass, paint, oil, lead, paper, and tea were applied with the design of raising £40,000 a year for the administration of the colonies. The result was the resurrection of colonial hostilities created by the Stamp Act.
Reaction assumed revolutionary proportions in Boston, in the summer of 1768, when customs officials impounded a sloop owned by John Hancock, for violations of the trade regulations -
The Boston Non-Importation Agreement
On August 1, 1768, sixty merchants signed the Boston Non-Importation Agreement in opposition to Parliament’s ongoing attempts to levy taxes on the American colonies. In a town meeting in Boston, merchants and traders agreed to boycott goods that were subject to England's Townshend Revenue Act until the duties imposed on those goods were repealed -
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 Tea Act
The Tea Act, passed by Parliament on May 10, 1773, would launch the final spark to the revolutionary movement in Boston. The act was not intended to raise revenue in the American colonies, and in fact imposed no new taxes. It was designed to prop up the East India Company which was floundering financially and burdened with eighteen million pounds of unsold tea. -
The Boston Tea Party
Governor Thomas Hutchinson allowed three ships carrying tea to enter Boston Harbor. Before the tax could be collected, Bostonians took action. On a cold December night, radical townspeople stormed the ships and tossed 342 chests of tea into the water. Disguised as Native Americans, the offenders could not be identified. -
The Boston Port Act
The Boston Tea Party was the cause of this act. This act discontinued landing and discharging and landing and shipping of goods within the harbour, of Boston, in the province of Massachuset's Bay, in North America., This act caused a lot of commotion in the town of Boston. -
Administration of Justice Act
This was an act for or the impartial administration of justice in the cases of persons questioned for any acts done by them in the execution of the law, or for the suppression of riots and tumults, in the province of the Massachuset's Bay, in New England. This act was also called the Murder Act. This was another act that Britain established to gain control over the Americans. -
The Massachusetts Government Act
This act gave Great Britain almost full authority over the Massachusetts government. Britain elected officials, counsellors, and assistants to be vested with special powers. This was another one of the Intolerable Acts. -
The Quartering Act of 1774
This was also another one of the Intolerable Acts. This act allowed the soldiers to come in and stay in other people's houses. Some people lost their houses because of this act. -
Quebec Act
This act was passed by the British Parliament to institute a permanent administration in Canada replacing the temporary government created at the time of the Proclamation of 1763. It gave the French Canadians complete religious freedom and restored the French form of civil law. The Thirteen Colonies considered this law one of the Intolerable Acts. -
The First Continental Congress Meets
The first Continental Congress met in Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia on September 5, 1774. All of the colonies besides Georgia sent delegates. They were planning on revlolting against Britain. -
Patrick Henry's, "Give me liberty, or give me death!" Speech
Patrick Henry gave this speech at the Virginia Convention. This speech persuaded the delegates to pass a resolution to send troops to Britain. People in attendance of this speech started to chant "Give me liberty, or give me death!" -
The Shot Heard Around the World
This was the very fast battle of the Revolutionary War. The red coats and the minutemen clashed at Lexngton and Concord, and the first shot of the war was fired there. That shot was called the shot heard around the world. -
George Washington named Commander in Chief of the rebels
On June 15, 1775, George Washington was named the commander in chief of the U.S army. The delegates liked George Washington because he was smart and also a good leader. After the war, he later went on to become the first president of the United States. -
The patriots drive the Loyalists from Moore's Creek Bridge, North Carolina
British soldiers were marching across Moore's Creek Bridge on February 27, 1776. Just beyond the bridge nearly 1,000 North Carolina patriots waited quietly with cannons and muskets poised to fire. This dramatic victory ended British rule in the colony forever. -
Battle of Fort Sullivan
On June 28, 1776, the British had a plan to come into Fort Sullivan and blindside the Americans. However, the U.S was ready for this attack. The U.S defeated the British, and this battle practically ended the war. -
Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence.
After the war, the U.S needed something to seperate themselves from Great Britain. So, the Continental Congress met and came up with a document of seperation. This document is known as the Declaration of Independence.
