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End of The French and Indian War
Was a war between Great Britain and France in North America from 1754 to 1763. Won by the British but was the begining of heavy taxes for North America. -
Sugar Act
The first of many taxes placed on the Americas after the French and Indian War. The Sugar Act was extra taxes on sugar and molasses. -
Stamp Act
A tax on all printed materials in the colonies to be shiped to and from London. -
Boston Massacre
The day when 5 civilians where killed in a riot by Bristish Redcoats. -
Tea Act
Another tax to expand the British East India Company's monopoly on the tea trade to all British Colonies to sell extra tea. -
Boston Tea Party
An action by colonists in Boston to stop the the monopolistic East India Company from controling all import of tea. Colonists dress as indians to try to fool the British. -
Quartering Act
An act that all colonists had to provide room and board for all bristish soliders. -
First Continental Congress
Was the first U.S. Congress that was made up of twelve of the thirteen colonies that met on September 5, 1774, at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. -
Intolerable Acts
Was used to describe a series of laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 relating to Britain's colonies in North America that triggered outrage and resistance in the Thirteen Colonies. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
The start of the American Revolution. About 700 British Army regulars vs. about 500 militiamen fought. The British went after a cache of weapons that were used to fight the British. -
Thomas Paine's Common Sense
It was first published anonymously and was an immediate success. Common Sense presented the American colonists with an argument for freedom from British rule at a time when the question of independence was still undecided. -
Declaration of Independence
A document stating Independence from British rule. -
Articles of Confederation
The first constitution of the United States. -
Battle of Yorktown
The last battle of the American Revolution and was a victory of the American Army. -
Treaty of Paris
A signed treaty officially ending the American Revolution.
