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The Proclamation of 1763 prohibited the colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains, on Native American land.
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IA tax collected in England on colonial exports like sugar, molasses, wine, and whale fins that provided harsh punishments for smugglers.
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The Stamp Act taxed almost all printed materials and outraged the colonists.
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The Townshend Acts taxed imports (such as glass, tea, and paper) and enraged colonists.
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A fight between the Bostonians and the British soldiers, that resulted in the deaths of 5 colonists including Crispus Attucks.
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At midnight on December 16, colonists dressed up as Native Americans boarded British ships and dumped 342 chests of tea overboard.
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The Intolerable/Coercive Acts were a series of laws passed by Parliament that punished the colonists for resisting British Authority.
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In September 1774, 55 delegates met in Philidelphia, Pennsylvania to set up a political body that would represent colonists and challenge British control.
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On the night of April 18, Paul Revere made his legendary ride alongside William Dawes to warn the citizens of Lexington, that the British were coming.
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The first battles of the Revolutionary war that showed the British, the American Colonists were willing to stand up against one of the most powerful nations in the world.
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On May 10, 1775 Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen siezed the British-held fort because of its key location and its stockpile of indispensable military supplies.
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The Second Continental Congress formed committees to handle relations with Native Americans and foreign countries, and most importantly, it created the Continental Army.
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The Battle of Bunker Hill was a battle between American militiamen and British Redcoats that inspired the American Patriots and showed the British that winning the war against America was going to be long, tough, and costly.
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On January 9, 1776, Thomas Paine published his pamphlet Common Sense that called for a complete break with British rule.
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After laying siege to Boston since April 19, 1775, Washington led his troops into Boston as the British troops sailed away to Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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The Declaration of Independence listed the rights that the colonists believed they should have and their complaints against Great Britain.
