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French & Indian War
France and Britain fought on who would have power in North America. as a result The British had won the French and Indian War. They took control of the lands that had been claimed by France. (1754-1763) -
Stamp Act Congress
The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used, this included : Ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards were taxed -
Stamp Act Passed
The colonists believed that the only people that should tax them should be their own legislature. They didn't want the British army there. They wanted them to take back the law to pay taxes on stamps. -
Stamp Act Repealed
British merchants and manufacturers pressured Parliament because their exports to the colonies were threatened by boycotts. However, the same day it was repealed, Parliament passed the Declaratory Acts, asserting that the British government had free and total legislative power over the colonies. -
Declaratory Act Passed
The Declaratory Act asserted Britain's exclusive right to legislate on and tax its colonies. The taxes were mainly used to finance war debt which had been accumulated during a recent series of wars, part of which (known as the French and Indian War in America) were fought in the colonies. -
Town Shed Act
They placed new taxes and took away some freedoms from the colonists including the following: New taxes on imports of paper, paint, lead, glass, and tea. -
Town Shed Act Repealed
the British government wished to maintain the principal that their parliament had the right to tax the colonies. The British parliament repealed the Townshend duties on all but tea. -
Boston Massacre
It was really an accident and the radicals tried to use propaganda and turn something small into something big. The British soldiers were accused of Murder and manslaughter -
Tea Act 1773
The principal objective was to reduce the massive amount of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company in its London warehouses and to help the financially struggling company survive. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party took place because the colonists did not want to have to pay taxes on the British tea. 60 men disguised as Mohawks dumped over 45 tons over sea. -
the Coercive Act
the Coercive Acts sought to punish Massachusetts as a warning to other colonies the act was passed after the tea party to seek justice for the amount of tea that was thrown out into sea. -
First continental Congress
The Continental Congress was initially a convention of delegates from several British American colonies at the height of the American Revolution era, who spoke and acted collectively for the people of the Thirteen Colonies that ultimately became the United States of America. -
Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War, also known as the American War of Independence, was an 18th-century war between Great Britain and its Thirteen Colonies which declared independence in 1776 as the United States of America. ( april 19, 1775 - sep 3, 1783) -
Second Continental
The Second Continental Congress was the governing body of the American colonies from (1775 to 1781). It was founded when the British failed to address the grievances of the First Continental Congress and to organize a Continental Army to fight. -
Declaration of Independence
it was an official act taken by all 13 American colonies in declaring independence from British rule. ... A group of men came together in the summer of 1776 to find ways to become independent from Great Britain.
