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The French and Natives of North America fought as allies against the British at the start of the War.
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Issued at the end of the French and Indian War, intended to conciliate the Indians.
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Colonial merchants had been required to pay a tax of six pence per gallon on the importation of foreign molasses.
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Imposed on all American colonists an required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used.
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Required the colonies to house British Soldiers in barracks provided by the colonies.
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They placed new taxes on imports of paper, paint, lead, glass, and tea.
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A street fight that occurred between a patriot mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers.
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An Act of Great Britain's Parliament to impose a tax on tea and reduce the massive tea surplus of the British East India Company in London.
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A political protest that occurred at Griffin's Wharf, American colonists were frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing "Taxation against representation" 342 chests of British tea was dumped into the harbor.
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It was a meeting between 12 of the 13 colonies' delegates, at an early stage of the American Revolution.
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A series of four acts established by the British government.
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The phrase refers to the first shot of the American Revolution at the Old North Bridge in Concord, Massachusetts.
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Only 12 of the 12 colonies had delegates at the first meeting of the Second Continental Congress.
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Written by Thomas Paine advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies.
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A document declaring the US to be independent of the British Crown.