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French & Indian War End
For nine years from 1754-1763, 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 of the Ohio River valley. -
Stamp Act Congress
The colonist decided to organize and sent representatives to a meeting in New York City that became known as the Stamp Act Congress they meet to discuss the colonist rights as British subjects, declaring that only their colonial legislatures had the power to tax them. -
Stamp Act Passed
The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. Ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards were taxed. -
Stamp Act Repealed
British merchants and manufacturers pressured Parliament because their exports to the colonies were threatened by boycotts. Parliament affirmed its power to legislate for the colonies "in all cases whatsoever" by also passing the Declaratory Act. -
Declaratory Act Passed
Stating that it had all the power to make laws that were strong enough to keep the people in the colonies under Great Britain's control. -
Townshend Act Passed
constituted an attempt by the British government to consolidate fiscal and political power over the American colonies by placing import taxes on many of the British products bought by Americans, including lead, paper, paint, glass and tea. -
Townshend Act Repealed
widespread protest and non-importation of British goods in colonial ports, Parliament began to partially repeal the Townshend duties. Most of the indirect taxes from the Townshend Acts were repealed by Parliament under Frederick, Lord North. -
Boston Massacre
British soldiers were guarding the Boston customs house, where taxes were collected, when an angry mob began throwing rocks and snowballs at them. Shots rang out, killing five colonist, in the event known as Boston Massacre -
Boston Tea Party
The Sons of the liberty dressed as Mohawk Indians, boarded British ships in Boston, and dumped the cargo of the tea into the harbor. -
Tea Act Passed
The British India Company was losing money selling their tea. Parliament passed the Tea Act allowing only the British East India Company to sell tea in the colonies. -
Coercive Act Passed
The Coercive Acts describe a series of laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774, relating to Britain's colonies in North America. Passed in response to the Boston Tea Party, the Coercive Acts sought to punish Massachusetts as a warning to other colonies -
First Continental Congress
The colonist united behind the belief that their rights were being violated by a would-be tryant--the King! Each colony, except for Georgia, sent delegates to meet in Philadelphia. -
Revolutionary War Begins
British soldiers, called lobster backs because of their red coats, and minutemen the colonists' militia exchanged gunfire at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts.The shot heard round the world, it signaled the start of the American Revolution and led to the creation of a new nation. -
Declaration Of Independence
This document officially stated that the 13 colonies were cutting ties with Great Britain and the King. -
Second Continental Congress
It functioned as a national government at the outset of the Revolutionary War by raising armies, directing strategy, appointing diplomats, and writing treatises such as the Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms and the Olive Branch Petition.
