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French/Indian War
Was a war between France and Great Britain, this was because of expanding colonies bumping into each other, and disputes over who owns the piece of land. Though the French were out-numbered, they sought the Native Americans for help. -
Stamp Act
The stamp Act was a tax that was on all the printed documents, which inluded newspapers, playing cards, Etc. This directly affected the colonies, instead of indirectly ( taxes on imports and such), leading to much discontent throughout the colony. -
Townshend Act
This Act is named after the leading government minister, Charles Townshend, and this act imposed a tax on anything that was imported from Great Britain, In addition to the imports, there was also a tax on tea, which angered the colonists. -
Boston Massacre
On the morning of March 5, 1770, a mob gathered in front of the Boston Customs House, taunting the guards; as a result the guards shot into the crowd, killing 5 colonists. -
Boston Tea Party
This event was caused by the passing the Tea Act, which allowed the East India Company to sell Tea directly to the colonies without paying a tax. This have turned out to anger the colonies, and as a result on December 16, 1773 , the colonists disguised themselves as Native Americans, and dumped the anchored tea ships' supplies of tea into the ocean. -
Intolerable Acts
The intolerable Acts were a set of laws that were in response to the Boston tea party event, these inluded the closing of the boston harbor, and Quartering troops( which allowed British Commanders to house british troops in any building they wanted without reason). -
1st Continental Congress
56 delegates met in philedelphia, where they drew up the Declaration of Colonial Rights, in which they defended thier rights to run thier own affairs, away from British rule. It also stated that if Britain had used force against the colonies, that the colonies would fight back. -
Lexington and Concord
The night before the battle, Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Samuel Prescott, rode out to warn of a british army of 700 troops headed for Concord. Knowing this 70 minutemen lined up on the shore, 8 were killed when they refused to lay down thier weapons. The army continued to only find that thier weapon supply crate was empty, they headed back to the shore where they were ambushed by 4000 minutemen, the army was crushed. -
2nd Continental Congress
Here at this meeting, there were many endless debates, some of those called for independence from Britain, others called for reconciliation with Britain. But both sides came to agreement to recognize the colonial Malitia as the Continental Army, and had also appointed George Washington as its commander. -
Publishing of Common Sense
On this day a recent immagrant wrote a 50 page pamplet, attacking King George and Monarchy in general. He declared that the only way that america could advance would be to declare independence. This would in turn make a better society, and that it would be one without tyranny, it was very popular when it was printed
