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French and Indian war
The French and Indian war was between Great Britain and France in North America over colonial territory and wealth. -
Stamp act
The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament which imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax every type of printed paper. -
Townshend act
Laws named after Charles Townshend These laws placed taxes on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea. Colonial reaction to these taxes was the same as to the Sugar Act and Stamp Act, and Britain eventually repealed all the taxes except the tax on tea. -
Boston Massacre
When a riot of colonists broke out, shots were fired into the crowd by british soliders killing 3 and wounding 8; two of which died later on. -
Tea Act
The tea company of East India became a monoploy when britian didnt let colonists buy any other companys tea but the colonists saw this as taxation without representation which led to the boston tea party -
Boston Tea Party
After the colonists got tired of the tea being taxed. A group known as The Sons Of Liberty dressed as indians and dumped the cargo on a ship in to the harbors water. -
Intolerable acts
A series of laws passed by paralment. Rather than keeping the colonists in order the Intolerable Acts stirred the colonists to revolt. -
1st and 2nd Continental Congress
they were two groups of people from all over the 13 Colonies who came together to discuss liberty. The first one met in 1774 and the second in 1775 when the revoloutionary war had started -
Lexington and Concord
First shots fired between American and British troops, The British marched to Concord because it was an arms depot. IT's known as the "Shot Heard 'Round the World." -
Publishing of Common Sense
Common Sense written by Thomas Paine challenged the authority of the British government and the royal monarchy. It was the first work to openly ask for independence from Great Britain.
