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The Stamp Act of 1765 was the first direct tax imposed on American colonists -
The Boston Massacre was a confrontation in Boston on March 5, 1770, in which a group of nine British soldiers shot five people of a crowd of three or four hundred who were harassing them verbally and throwing various projectiles.
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The Boston Tea Party was an American political and commercial protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts.
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In response to the Boston Tea Party, Parliament refused an offer from some colonial leaders to pay for the tea that had been dumped into Boston Harbor.
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British troops march into the small town of Lexington at about 5:00 a.m. to find themselves faced by a militia company of more 70 men led by Capt. John Parker.
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The Second Continental Congress met inside Independence Hall beginning in May 1775. It was just a month after shots had been fired at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts, and the Congress was preparing for war.
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On June 17, 1775, New England soldiers faced the British army for the first time in a pitched battle.
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The Olive Branch petition was adopted by congress. It was sent to the king as a last attempt to prevent formal war from being declared. -
This document announced the separation of 13 North American British colonies from Great Britain. It was the last of a series of steps that led the colonies to final separation from Great Britain.
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The Articles of Confederation were adopted by the Continental Congress November 15, 1777. This document was basically the United States' first constitution.
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The Great Compromise established the United States legislature, as a bicameral basically a two house law making body.
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Three-fourths of the existing State legislatures ratified the first 10 Amendments of the Constitution.
