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The Stamp Acts are passed by Prime Minister George Grenville after the French & Indian War washed away much of Great Britain's finances.
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Colonists(many artisans and shopkeepers from Boston) would form a secret resistance to protest after the Stamp Acts are announced. They are lead by Samuel Adams.
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9 delegates from 9 colonies meet in New York City and issued the Declaration of Rights and Grievances, which claimed that Parliament did not hold the power to impose a tax such as the Stamp Act.
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The Stamp Acts become official and now is required by the colonists to pay big taxes for paper items.
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After the loud spoken colonists made there protests and even became violent with tax collectors, the Stamp Acts officially repealed.
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After repealing the Stamp Acts, Parliament passes the Declaratory Acts, which gave Parliament the full right to make laws in America.
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The Townshend Acts, an indirect tax on imported items like glass, lead, paint, and paper, was passed as a new way to make revenue off of the colonies.
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British soldiers would seize the ship, The Liberty, and arrest John Hancock for attempting to smuggle wine.
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After a mob protesting these taxes provokes a group of British soldiers, they fire upon the crowd, killing sailor Crispus Attucks as well as 4 other men.
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2 yeas after the Massacre, Rhode Island colonists would attack a British customs schooner and set it on fire.
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The Tea Acts, which only the East India Company could sell tea free of tax while colonial tea was stilled taxed, was passed.
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Boston rebels disguise themselves as Indians and dumps 18,000 pounds of East India Company tea onto the Boston Harbor.
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The Intolerable Acts are passed, which shut down Boston Harbor, forced Boston colonists to house British soldiers and placed the town on martial law as a punish for the actions of the Boston Tea Party.
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56 delegates met in Philadelphia to draw up a declaration of rights, decided to support Massachusetts protests and decided to set up military preparations.
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British general Thomas Gage would send British agents to Concord after discovering that arms are being stockpiled there.
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Paul Revere, William Dawes and Samuel Prescott would ride to Concord to warn the men there that the British are coming.
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The British troops would pass through Lexington very easily, pushing past the resistance there in a matter of minutes. However, they ae forced to retreat when they ae caught by surprise by the colonial minutemen who would attack them.
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In this new Congress, George Washington will be appointed the general of the new continental army formed to protect the states from a British attack.
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General Gage would decide to attack minutemen that were based in Breeds Hill. During the battle, the minutemen would retreat but the British would lose much of their troops compared to the lack of colonial casualties.
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The Continental Congress attempted to make peace with King George of England one last time with the Olive Branch Petition, but the king would refuse the offer
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Thomas Jefferson would be chosen to convey and express the points of the committee due to his vast knowledge and writing skill.
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It would be unanimously voted by each of the colonists for the states to officially declare their independence.
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The Declaration of Independence would be officially adopted by the American states and signed
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The American forces are defeated by the British, as well as Hessian mercenaries hired by the British, in New York and pushed back across the East River.
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Washington would sail across the Delaware River and attack the drunken Hessian mercenaries there to take back Trenton, New Jersey.
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General William Howe of the British would manage to take Philadelphia from the Continental Army.
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Earlier, British general John Burgoyne devised a plan with General Howe that would effectively split New England from the other colonies. Howe never showed ad was forced to take on the Continental Army, led by Horatio Gates, alone. This would be a victory for the Americans that cause the French to support them.
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Washington and his army would spend a harsh winter at Valley Forge camp with almost no supplies and many casulaties and loss of morale because of it.
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After making a strategic mistake by attempting to move his troops to Yorktown and being completely surrounded by both American and British troops, General Charles Cornwallis would surrender, making this the final battle of the Revolutionary War.
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The Treaty of Paris would be signed and officially ending the war. The newly independent United States would have borders that ran from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River and from Canada to the border of Florida
