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French and Indian War
A struggel between France and Britian in North America. Ended with the defeat of France and the transfer of French Canada to Britian. -
Stamp Act
A law in which Parliament created the first direct taxation of goods within the British colonies of North America. Colonists had to purchase special stamps to prove payment of tax. The colonists reacted by boycotting British goods and they formed a resistance group called Sons of Liberty. -
Townshend act
Britian taxed colonial imports. They stationed troops at major ports to protect custom officers. The caused the colonists to protest "taxation without representation" and they organized boycotts of imported goods. -
Boston Massacre
When taunted by an angry mob, British troops fire into the crowd and end up killing five colonists. Colonials label this a massacre and they published a dramatic engraving describing the violence. -
Tea Act
Britian gives the East India Company special concessions in the colonial tea business causing the colonial merchants to shut down. -
Boston Tea Party
Boston rebels sneak out at night dressed as Inians and take action gainst three British tea ships. They dumped 18,000 pounds of the East India Company's tea into the water. -
Intolerable acts
King George III tightens control over Massachusettes by closing Boston Harbor and quartering troops. This causes the colonial leaders to form the First Continential Congress and draw up a decleration of colonial rights. -
First Continental Congress
Delegates met and drew up a decleration of colonial rights. It stated that the colonies had rights to run ther own affairs and stated that, if British used force against the colonies, the colonies would fight back -
Lexington and Concord
When General Cage orders troops to march to Concord and seize colonial weapons, the Minutemen intercept the British and battle-first at Lexington and then at Concord. -
Second Continental Congress
This was readying the colonies for war. They were mostly discussing on how to formally seperate from England. -
Publishing of Common Sense
Common sense is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine, it attacked King George and the monarchy. It also called for seperation of the colonies from Britian.
