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The North American theatre of the Seven Year's War, which was fought between Great Britan and France, ending with a British victory in 1763. Even though the war began in Europe, it spread to the British and French colonies.
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A British tax that taxed certain colonial imports and stationed troops at major colonial ports to protet customs officers.
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Passed by British Parliament. Imposed a tax on documents and printed items, and was the first tax to directly affect the colonies. They responded by protesting and boycotting against the Act.
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British troops fired into a crowd of colonists and killed five. The colonists embellished it and called it a 'massacre', sparking unrest in the colonies.
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British act giving East India Trading Co. special right in the colonial tea business which effectively shut down colonial tea merchants. The Boston Tea Party protested this.
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A protest of the Tea Act done by the Sons of Liberty. A group of them snuck onto a British merchantman at night and threw the crates of tea into the harbor, ruining it.
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King George III tightened his control over Massachusetts by closing Boston Harbor and quartering troops there. This led to the first Contiental Congress and a colonial decleration of rights.
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A delegation of the colonies, where an economic boycott of Great Britain was agreed upon. They also petitioned the British parliament and King.
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The first battles of the American Revolution. Marked the beginning of armed conflict between Britan and its colonies.
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This time, the Declaration of Independence was unanimously passed, and later this group governed the American Revolution.
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Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine to inspire the colonists to rise up against Britain and declare independence. It was first published anonymously and had an immediate impact.
