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French and Indian War ends
Time where 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. Nine years from 1754-1763. -
Stamp Act passed
In 1765, Parliament passed the Stamp Act which was a new tax that required a stamp for all printed items including newspapers, legal documents, and even playing cards. -
Stamp Act Congress
October 1765, the colonies sent representatives to a meeting in New York City known as the Stamp Act Congress where they met to discuss the colonist's rights as British subjects. -
Stamp Act Repealed
It was repealed after the Sons of Liberty formed and attacked the office and home of the stamp commissioner. When the Stamp Act was to go into effect there were no longer any stamp commissioners left and Britain decided to repeal it 1766. -
Declaratory Act passed
After the Stamp Act was repealed, Parliament passed the Declaratory Act (1766) which stated that it had all power to make laws that were strong enough to keep the colonies under Great Britain control. It also stated that all laws the colonies made that denied or called into question their control would be null and void. -
Townshed Act passed
The Townshend Acts were a series of laws passed by the British government on the American colonies in 1767. They placed new taxes and took away some freedoms from the colonists. -
Townshend Acts repealed
The Townshend Acts Repealed 1770. The British parliament repealed the Townshend duties on all but tea. -
Boston Massacre
By March 5, 1770, tensions were high. 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 colonists, in the event known as the Boston Massacre. -
Tea Act
By 1773 British India Company was losing money so the Parliament passed the Tea Act allowing only the British East India Company to sell teas in the colony. -
Boston Tea Party
On December 16, 1773, the Sons of Liberty dressed as Mohawk Indians, boarded British ships in Boston, and dumped the cargo of tea into the harbor. -
Coercive Acts
As a punishment for the Boston Tea Party Parliament passed the Coercive Acts (known in the colonies as the Intolerable Acts). Boston Harbor would be closed until the destroyed tea was paid for. -
First Continental Congress
Each colony sent delegates to meet in Philadelphia as they believed their rights were being violated by the King. -
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. -
Revolutionary War begins
18th-century war between Great Britain and its Thirteen Colonies which declared independence in 1776 as the United States of America, and then formed a military alliance with France in 1778. -
Declaration of Independence signed
On July 4, 1776, Congress approved the final text of the Declaration. It wasn't signed until August 2, 1776.
