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French and Indian War Ends
French and Indian WarThe French and Indian War was the North American conflict that was part of a larger imperial conflict between Great Britain and France known as the Seven Years’ War. The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. The war provided Great Britain enormous territorial gains in North America, but disputes over subsequent frontier policy and paying the war’s expenses led to colonial discontent, and ultimately to the American revolution. -
Sugar Act
Sugar ActThis tax on sugar, among others in a series of Acts made by the British Parliament, led Americans to believe that Parliament intended to use them for profit only and not recognize their rights as British citizens. -
Stamp Act
Stamp ActRequired colonists to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. This created anger not because the cost was so high, but because the purpose of the tax was to raise money for Parliament, not the usual purpose of regulating commerce. -
Townshend Acts
Townshend ActsTaxes 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. -
Boston Massacre
Boston MassacreThe Boston Massacre was the killing of five colonists by British regulars on March 5, 1770. It was the culmination of tensions in the American colonies that had been growing since Royal troops first appeared in Massachusetts in October 1768 to enforce the heavy tax burden imposed by the Townshend Acts. -
Boston Tea Party
Boston Tea PartyOn the night of December 16, 1773, Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty boarded three ships in the Boston harbor and threw 342 chests of tea overboard. This resulted in the passage of the punitive Coercive Acts in 1774 and pushed the two sides closer to war. -
First Continental Congress
Continental CongressThe objectives of the body were not entirely clear but, with such leadership as was found there, a core set of tasks was carried out. It was agreeable to all that the King and Parliament must be made to understand the grievances of the colonies and that the body must do everything possible to communicate the same to the population of America, and to the rest of the world. -
Lexington and Concord "Shot Heard round the World"
Shot Heard Round The WorldThe clash began on April 19, 1775 when more about 700 British soldiers were given what they thought were secret orders to destroy colonial military supplies in Concord, Massachusetts. Fortunetly, the Colonists were aware of this and moved thier supplies. The Colonists were able to push back the British and officially started the war. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
Bunker HillThe British defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill in Massachusetts. Despite their loss, the inexperienced colonial forces inflicted significant casualties against the enemy, and the battle provided them with an important confidence boost. -
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of ParisOfficially ended the American Revolution. The British recognized American Independence and the U.S. obtained land up to the Mississippi River.
