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Mayflower compact
The pilgrams signed the Mayflower compact -
The sugar act
a revenue-raising act passed by the Parliament of Great Britain -
Stamp act passed
The British parlament required all American colonist to pay taxes on all printed paper -
Boston massacre
A street fight between a patriot mob -
The tea act
Reduce the massive surplus of tea held by the finacially instable British East India Company -
Boston tea party
Protesting the monopoly on American tea importation -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
sparked the revolution -
Battle of Bunker Hill
British defeated Americans at Bunker hill -
Declaration of Independence is signed
Announced the 13 original colonies -
The declaratory act
the better securing the dependency of his Majesty's dominions in America upon the crown and parliament of Great Britain.