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French and Indian war end
The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763.The war provided Great Britain enormous territorial gains in North America, but paying the war's expenses led to colonial discontent, and ultimately to the American Revolution. -
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. -
Stamp Act Congress
The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765. The Stamp Act Congress was attended by 27 representatives of nine of the thirteen colonies. -
Stamp Act repealed
British merchants and manufacturers pressured Parliament because their exports to the colonies were threatened by boycotts. -
Declaratory Act passed
The declaration stated that Parliament's authority was the same in America as in Britain and asserted Parliament's authority to pass laws that were binding on the American colonies. -
Townshend Act passed
They were designed to collect revenue from the colonists in America by putting customs duties on imports of glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea. -
Boston Massacre
boston is a riot that occurred on march 5 between a patriot and the british. several colonist were killed and led a campaigned -
Townshend Act repealed
British parliament repealed the Townshend duties on all but tea. Pressure from British merchants was partially responsible for the change. -
Tea Act party
The passing of the Tea Act imposed no new taxes on the American colonies. The tax on tea had existed since the passing of the 1767 Townshend Revenue Act. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party took place because the colonists did not want to have to pay taxes on the British tea.The effect of the Boston Tea Party was that the British passed the Intolerable act. -
First continental congress
was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies that became the United States. Measures imposed by the British government on the colonies in response to their resistance to new taxes. -
Coercive Act passed
The laws were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest in reaction to changes in taxation by the British to the detriment of colonial goods. -
Revolutionary War begins
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
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 signed
The Declaration of Independence was written in order to clarify and justify the actions of The Second Continental Congress, which was to assume the powers of an offical government.
