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Start of the French/Indian War
The French/Indian War started in 1754 when the Ohio company asked the French to reconize that they owned land that belonged to the French, who had an alliance with the native Americans. -
End of the French/Indian War
The French/Indian War ended in 1763 when the French signed the treaty of Paris -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act of 1765 was a sort of revenge of the British on the Colonies to help repay for the French/Indian War. It made it so that everything in the colonies needed to be printed on British stamped papers. -
Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts started in 1767 and went until 1768 and are a series of acts from the British Parliament directed towards the American colonies. the consisted of the New York Restraining Act, the Revenue Act, the Indemnity Act, the Commissioners of Customs Act, and the Vice Admiralty Court Act -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre happened on March 5, 1770. It was a group of British soldiers that were being herassed by a mob of colonist on Kings Street and opened fire killing a total of 5 people -
Tea Act
The Tea Act was the last of the unpopular acts made by the British parliament. The point of it was to reduce the large amount of tea heald by the finacialy trouble British East India Company -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest by a group called the Sons of Liberty in which they dressed as native Americans and threw British tea into the Boston harbor to protest against the Tea act -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts is the name givien to the passing of punitive laws made by the British Parliament after the Boston Tea party -
1st Continental Congress
On Sept. 5 1774 a representative of each of the 13 colonies(except Georgia) met in Philidelphia to discus and organize the resistance for the uprising against the British -
2nd Continental Congress
The 2nd Continental Congress met in the spring of 1775 with a representative from each of the 13 colonies. They werre no longer only considering a revolution but they were organizing themselves for the one that was currently going on -
Lexington and Concord
The Battle of Lexington and Concord is the start of the American Revolution. It starts when British troops are sent to confiscate weapons and are met by a American Militia. The militia manages to kill 700 British troops and is victorious -
The Publishing of Common Sense
The pamphlet Common Sense was published in 1776 by the writer Thomas Paine and it shows his favor towards the American colonies and their independece
