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French and Indian war ends
Salutary neglect wasn't economically advantages anymore. -
Stamp act
Is a new tax that required a stamp for all printed items includng newspapers, legal documents, and even playing cars. -
Stamp act congress
was the first gathering of representatives from several American colonies to devise a unified protest against British taxation. -
Stamp act repealed
After months of protest, and an appeal by Benjamin Franklin before the British House of Commons, Parliament voted to repeal the Stamp Act on March 18, 176 -
Declaratory act
declaration by the British Parliament that accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act. It stated that the British Parliament's taxing authority was the same in America as in Great Britain. -
Townshed acts
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. -
Boston Massacre
on March 5, 1770 in which British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob in Boston. The event was heavily publicized by leading Patriots such as Paul Revere and Samuel Adams. -
Townshend acts repealed
The British parliament repealed the Townshend duties on all but tea. Pressure from British merchants was partially responsible for the change. The British government, led by Prime Minister Lord North, maintained the taxes on tea, in order to underscore the supremacy of parliament. -
Tea act
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
It happened because colonists did not want to pay taxes on the British tea. The tea would put all colonists out of business. -
First continental congress
it was comprised of delegates from the colonies, met in 1774 in reaction to the Coercive Acts, a series of measures imposed by the British government on the colonies in response to their resistance to new taxes. -
Coercive acts
were a package of five laws implemented by the British government with the purpose of restoring authority in its colonies. -
Revolutionary war begins
The American Revolutionary War was fought from 1775 to 1783. It was also known as the American War of Independence. The Revolutionary War began with the confrontation between British troops and local militia at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, on 19 April 1775. -
Second continental congress
was a convention of delegates from the 13 colonies that formed in Philadelphia in May 1775, soon after the launch of the American Revolutionary War. -
Declaration of independence was signed
It was an official act taken by all 13 American colonies in declaring independence from British rule
