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French and Indian War ends
Lasted up to 9 years, Britain paid a large amount of money to keep the colonies safe and happy by fighting a war with France over control of the land in the Ohio river valley. -
Stamp Act Passed
A new tax that required a stamp for all printed items including newspaper, legal documents, and even playing cards. -
Stamp Act Congress
Colonies decided to organize and sent representatives to a meeting in New York City that became known as the Stamp Act Congress. -
Declaratory Act passed
Stating that it had all power to make laws that were strong enough to keep people in the colonies under Great Britain's control. -
Stamp Act repealed
An appeal by Benjamin Franklin before the British House of Commons, parliament voted to repeal the stamp act. -
Townshend act passed
Taxing British imports, products shipped from other countries such as glass, tea, lead, paint, and paper. -
Townshend Act repealed
The Townshend Acts Repealed 1770. The British parliament repealed the Townshend duties on all but tea. -
Boston Massacre
An angry mob began throwing rocks and snowballs at British soldiers. Five colonists were dead. -
Tea act passed
Allowing only the British East India Company to sell tea in the colonies. -
Boston Tea Party
The sons of liberty dressed as Mohawk Indians, boarded British ships in Boston, and dumped the cargo of tea into the harbor. -
Coercive Act
An outraged parliament punished the Boston rebels in 1774 by passing the act also known as (Intolerable acts) -
First continental congress
Each colony, except for Georgia, sent delegates to meet in Philadelphia. -
Revolutionary war begins
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 -
Second continental congress
The Second Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies in America which united in the American Revolutionary War. -
Declaration of independence signed
The Declaration of Independence is one of the most important documents in the history of the United States. It was an official act taken by all 13 American colonies in declaring independence from British rule
