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The French And Indian War
The start of the French and Indian War was actually partly fueled by the British, the early stages of the war was the French depending on help from the Indians as they were largely outnumbered by the British forces.
DOI: It helped colonists' to take over the fur trade, which gave them money for the Revolutionary War. -
Albany Plan
It was a plan to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies, suggested by Benjamin Franklin, then a senior leader and a delegate from Pennsylvania, at the Albany Congress in Albany, New York.
DOI: The British government thought the proposed colonial government was unnecessary and rejected it. along with the individual American colonies. -
Stamp Act
An act of the British Parliament in 1765 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents.
DOI: It was the first internal tax levied directly on American colonists by the British government. -
Boston Massacre
A confrontation leading to British Army soldiers shooting and killing several people while under harassment by a mob.
DOI: The Boston Massacre led to the deaths of five civilians by the British redcoats. The legal aftermath helped spark the rebellion in some of the British American colonies, which culminated in the America Revolutionary War. -
Boston Tea Party
A political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts.
DOI: They wouldn't pay taxes on their tea which led to a breakout massacre. -
1st Congress
It was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies who met from September 5th to October 26th, 1774, at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution. DOI: It reversed the economic sanctions placed on the colonists, the delegates hoped Britain would repeal its Intolerable Acts. -
Intolerable Acts
Punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party.
DOI: The outrage it caused became the major push that led to the outbreak American Revolution in 1775. -
American Revolution
A colonial revolt that took place between 1775 and 1783. The American Patriots defeated the British in the American Revolutionary War in alliance with France and others.
DOI: The American Patriots in the Thirteen Colonies won independence from Great Britain, becoming the United States of America. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
A fight on April 19th, 1775 between the residents of the 13 American Colonies and the British authorities.
DOI: it kicked off the Revolutionary War which led to the Declaration of Independence. -
2nd Congress
It was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the spring of 1775 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
DOI: The 2nd congress adopted the Declaration of Independence. -
Declaration of Independence.
The statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 4, 1776. The Declaration summarized the colonists' motivations for seeking independence and the 13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain.
