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Stamp Act
British Parliament decided Americans should pay Taxes to Britain -
Sons of Liberty tarred and feathered people
They tarred and feathered Royal Office holders in defiance to the Stamp And Sugar Act in 1775-1776. -
Liberty Tree
Settlers hung a straw dummy dressed to look like a stamp distributor in the "Liberty Tree" in Boston in protest to the Stamp Act -
Royal Governor of Massachusetts' house wrecked by a mob
An angry mob destroyed the home of the Governor because he was a part of British government. People did not like the taxation policy of Britain. -
British Parliament repealed the Stamp Act
The British government gave up on taxing Americans. The colonists were very against taxes to the British Government. -
British Government passes Declaratory Act
This law said that Britain could pass any laws including taxation over the American colonies. -
Both Massachusetts and Virginia protest to King
Fron 1766-1775, Massachusetts and Virginia politely protested to the King about the unfair taxes. But nothing helped. -
British Fleet arrives in Boston
Sent by King George to make the Patriot Leaders behave. -
Sons of Liberty feed tea to the Fish in Boston Harbor
On that night, some of the Sons of Liberty covered their face and hands with coal dust, disguised as the Mohawk Indians, fed the fish in Boston Harbor all the tea from the three ships bringing tea to the colonies, that were taxed by Britain. -
First Continental Congress
Held in Philadelphia -
The Shot Heard Round the World
No one knows who made the first shot, but this is the day that the American Revolutionary War started.
