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French/Indian War
The war was a clash between the French and English over the Ohio River Frontier. Each of the countries had many Indian allies, fortunately for Great Britain, many of the French allies had left. England eventually gained massive amounts of land from the New World. The war also ended all of the French political and cultural influnce in North America. -
The Stamp Act
Great Britain had been faced a massive amount of debt after the Seven Years War. The Stamp Act was Parliaments first legitimate attempt to declare governmental authority over the North American colonies. -
The Townshend Act
The Townshend Acts were a series of acts passed by Parliament to raise the income in the colonies as well as punish New York for failing to follow the Quartering Act. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre started out as a street fight between a "patriot" mob and a group of British soldiers. The patriots began throwing snowballs, sticks, and stones at the British soliders. Several patriots died that night, this later created a riot of about 50 citizens who attcked a British sentiel. Soldiers soon fired at the mob killing three on the spot. -
The Tea Act
The Tea Act was passed by Parliament to lower the amounts of excess tea from the fiancially troubled, British East India Company. -
The Boston Tea Party
When governor Thomas Hutchinson allowed three ships carrying tea into the Boston Harbor, people went into action. The Bostonians dressed as Native Americans so they could not be identified and threw 342 crates of tea into the harbor. -
The Intolerable Acts
The British Parliament had passed many disciplinary acts that were targeted to bring the colonies back into the submission of the British king. -
The First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a body of 56 representives who were chosen by people from 12 out of the 13 colonies. The Congress met briefly to discuss ways to fight against the unfair acts. -
The Lexington and Concord Battle
Britain's general planned to send his soldiers to Boston to secretly capture colonial leaders Sam Adams and John Hancock who were in Lexington, then head to Concord to seize gunpowder. Americans then found out about his plan and warned others. Soon nearly everybody who knew about the British coming, helped the Bostonian people out. -
The Second Continental Congress
The representative body decided to create a continental army. They appointed George Washington from Virginia to serve, without pay, as the supreme commander. -
The publishing of "Common Sense"
Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" challenged the authority of the British Parliament and it was the first work that openly asked for independence from Great Britain.
