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French-Indian War (1756-1763)
The French and Indian War (the Seven Years' War) was a war between England and France, each side being supported by various Native American tribes. Because of the french indian war, england was in debt and this made them force the colonies to pay through taxes. -
Declaratory Act
The repeal of the Stamp Act, It was passed by Parliament, stated that the "British Parliament's taxing authority was the same in America as in Great Britain". -
Stamp Act
A tax the English forced on the colonies that taxed all paper goods. (the first taxing on the colonies) -
Townshend Acts
To help pay the expenses involved in governing the colonies, Parliament passed the Townshend Acts, this taxed glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. -
Boston Massacre
The british that guarded the 'Boston Customs House' shot into a crowd of people, killing three people and hurting eight people. -
Boston Tea Party
When the Colonists got angry because the British were trying to make them only buy their tea, while having a tax on the tea. So, the colonists boycotted the tea and dressed as Indians and dumped 92,000 lbs of tea at the Boston Harbor. -
Intolerable Acts (aka Coercive Acts)
"a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party." -
Quartering Act
An act by the Great Britain that forced colonists to let Redcoats stay in colonists home, feed them, and provide for them without an option. -
Battle of Lexington & Concord
The first military clashes of the Revolutionary War. "The shot heard around the world" -
Second Continental Congress
The meeting of the delegates that ssupported independence. -
Common Sense
Common Sense is a 47-page pamphlet written by Thomas Paine, supporting independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. -
Declaration of Independence
Colonies declares independence from Britain and becomes, 'United States of America'.