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The Albany Congress
This meeting consulted on making a treaty with the French and Native Americans. Benjamin Franklin also made the "Join or Die" flag/painting -
French and Indian War
This was the start of one of the first major wars in the United States, it was between the colonists and the French and Indians who were fighting against the British Empire for more land. -
Pontiac's War
It was a war that happened right after the French and Indian war. Many Native American tribes teamed up to get their land and territory back from the British -
Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was an act when they separated up land between the British and Native Americans -
The Boston Tea Party
This was a very angry response by the colonists to the Tea Act. Colonists dressed up as Indians and dumped over a million dollars worth of tea into Boston Harbor. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was the first of many ridiculous taxes the British put on the Colonists that taxed Sugar and Molasses imported into the colonies. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was a tax that made people pay to put a stamp on any legal document. (Marriage Certificate/Birth Certificate/Newspapers) -
The Townshend Act
The Townshend Acts taxed anything that was being imported to any colony. This led to an up-riot in the colonist's, making them rebellious. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre ignited the Revolutionary War. Several British soldiers were being harassed by a large group of rioting colonists on a late snowy night. 5 of the colonists were killed, along with another 6 wounded. -
The Committee of Correspondence
Many different colonists came together to talk about the troubles of the British. They first talked about making a list of reports of them catching the British not giving the colonists natural rights. -
Tea Act
This act did lower taxes on tea, but it made the British start a monopoly in the tea business. Many Merchants were affected negatively by the Tea Act. A very high percentage of the colonists then started to boycott tea. -
The Boston Tea Party
This was retaliation to the Tea Act from the colonists. Around 130 men dressed up as Indians and dumped over a million dollars worth of tea today into Boston Harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
The British responded to the Boston Tea Party with this. The Intolerable Act is made of five ridiculous laws. One of the most outrageous was the Quartering Act: Housing and feeding a British Soldier for no cost to the Soldier. -
The First Continental Congress Meets
The First Continental Congress had its first official meeting after the initiation of the "Intolerable Acts". Two delegates from every colony (except Georgia) had met up in Philadelphia. They first discussed what to do by reacting to the British. They decided to do more boycotting and prepare for war by starting to form militia armies. -
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
This was the first battle of The American Revolutionary War. The first shot fired in Lexington is known as "The Shot Heard Around the World". The British were attempting to get the colonist's weapons that were all hidden away in Concord. Some militias were trying to go get the weapons to rehide away from the British. 70 militia fended off 700 British soldiers just in time for the others to get away with the weapons. -
The Second Continental Congress Meets
After The Battle of Lexington and Concord, a new congress was formed. Some delegates like Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and John Hancock wanted to just straight up declare independence but, almost everyone else thought they should just go to war. So, they made a Continental Army and elected General George Washington to be the Commanding Chief of the Continental Army.