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Mayflower Arrives at Plymouth Rock
A ship called the Mayflower arrived at Plymouth rock on November 11th, 1620. According to old tales, Plymouth Rock is where the pilgrims first set foot on land in Newfoundland -
Pennsylvania becomes a Colony
All that really happened was a king named Charles the second gave some money to Pennsylvania and that eventually led to providing a religiously free place for the Quakers -
French and Indian War
This war started because the french built a fort on a hill that the British wanted. George Washington and some troops went to build a fort there and they were very unsuccessful which resulted in a war that lasted 7 years. In the end, the British won the war but a bunch of other rules and stuff were passed as a consequence -
The Sugar Act
The sugar act was yet another law passed by the British that made it so that sugar stuff like molasses were also taxed. This was yet again to raise money for Britain. -
The Currency Act
On September 1st, 1764, A lot of colonies had a shortage of money. Due to this, the government launched a new law called the currency act. This law prevented British merchants from being paid in different currencies. -
The Quartering Act
England started making yet another rule stating that people had to let soldiers stay the night at their houses or in other outpost-like stations so that soldiers would be able to be housed anywhere. This was so the soldiers could fight and know they would be welcomed anywhere. -
The Stamp Act
England wanted to pay their troops in the colonies, so they passed the Stamp Act. It put a tax on papers, documents, and other stuff. If the colonists didn’t pay, they were punished unfairly without a jury. The colonists hated this act. For them, it was an example of “taxation without representation.” -
Townshend act
The Townshend act was yet another British law that taxed a bunch of stuff like china, tea, lead, glass, paper, paint, and other various materials. This was estimated to raise a lot of money. All taxes besides that of tea were dropped in April of 1770 -
Boston Massacre
A mob of people attack a British loyalist causing him to shoot a buy killing him which just made the mob madder. They then fought each other for a while leading to the Boston massacre. -
Boston tea Party
The Boston tea party was a political protest that occurred on December 16, 1773. A bunch of angry British people went back to that old expression “taxation without representation is tyranny” and then they got madder and dumped a bunch of tea in the ocean as a protest. The exact amount they dropped was 342 boxes of tea. -
The First Continental Congress
This was a congress whose main goal was to boycott British goods if the parliament didn’t get rid of the bad acts. The original president was a man named Peyton Randolph who was the president until October 22 1774 -
Patrick Henry's Speech
On March 23, 1775, Patrick Henry gave a speech that left most people dumbfounded. During the most famous line, he said “Forbid it, almighty god! I know not what others take; but as for me, give me liberty”- then he fake stabbed himself with a letter “or give me death!” - Patrick Henry -
The Ride of Paul Revere
Paul revere went for a ride on April 18, 1775. Somebody wrote a poem about it in 1861 that had severe inaccuracies. The poem speaks of a mystic village and other stuff and yet the real journey was exciting there was no “mystic village” -
The Second Continental Congress
This was yet another congress that did very different stuff from the first one. They directed battle plans, trained armies, and various other violent-ish activities. They worked as a de facto national government -
George Washington \named Commander in Chief
George Washington was elected commander in chief on June 19, 1775, right before the American revolution. He had already participated in the French and Indian war and he was chosen as commander in chief over other people because of his previous military experiences