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The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act
An act that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents. The purpose was to help pay for troops stationed in North America after the British victory in the Seven Years' War. This tax met great resistance in the colonies. -
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The Road to the Declaration of Indepence
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The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre
A citizen gets in a argument with a British soldier, and the soldier hits the citizen with his gun. A mob of citizens then start a fight with the soldiers, throwing rocks and jank at them. Reinforcement soldiers are brought in and eventually the British soldiers open fire with their guns killing and wounding several citizens. -
The Boston Tea Party
Boston Tea Party
In 1773 Parliament passed the Tea Act, and the regulations allowed the East India company to sell tea to the colonists at lower prices, but still taxed the tea. The colonists didn't think it was right to pay taxes because they had no representation in Parliament. The day taxes were due the mobs roamed the streets, hopped on the ships, and spilled the tea in the harbor. -
The Intolerable Act
The Intolerable ActThey were acts that were used as punishment to the colonist for the Boston Tea Party. It was the Bost Port Act, Massachusett Government Act, the Adminstration of Justice Act, and the Quartering Act. As a result it triggered outrage and resistance in the 13 colonies. -
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
Battle of Lexington and Concord
The British and the Americans were going to war. Lt. Col. Francis Smith gave an order to the British troops to go capture and destroy all the weapons that the Americans were being supplied.The Americans found out that the British were coming weeks prior to the mission. The Americans moved their supplies and took action to prepare for the battle that was ahead of them. -
The Declaration of Indepence
The Declaration of Indepence
This was a statement adopted by the Continental Congress which announced that the thirteen American colonies regarded themselves as independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. Instead they now formed a new nation--the United States of America.
