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French and Indian war
(1754-1763)The treaty of Paris ended the French and Indian War. As a result of the war France gave up all of its North American possessions east of the Mississippi Rive to Britain. -
TownShed Acts
(1767) A series of British acts of parliament during 1776 and 1768. Charles Townshed proposed the Townshed Acts. It was to gain authority over the colonies through strict provisions. -
Boston massacre
A small British army detachment was threatened by a mob and harassed leading to the death of 5 people. The soldiers were charged with murder. -
Boston Tea Party
(TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION) People from Boston boarded ships and dumped ten thousand pounds worth of tea into the harbor. -
Intolerable acts
British parliament proposed measures that soon became known as the intolerable acts. The Boston port act, Massachusetts act, justice act, and quartering act. -
The stamp act
The Stamp Act was created to increase revenues to meet the cost of defending the British empire. Direct taxation of colonial transactions, including legal write, newspaper, and advertisements -
Battles of Lexington and concord
On April 18th, 1775, Paul Revere rode from Charlestown to Lexington to warn that the British were marching from Boston to seize the colonial armory at Concord. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
( one of the bloodiest battles of the American Revolution) At Breeds Hill in Charlestown. Over 2,000 British troops cleared the hill of the Americans. Lost more than 40% of the assault force. 400 British casualties
