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french and Indian was ends
The Franco-Indian war to the part of the Seven Years' War developed in North America. The name refers to the two main enemies that the British faced: French and different Native American tribes. It is also known as the Conquest War in Canada. -
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. -
Declaration of Independence signed
The British Parliament on March 22, 1765. 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 congress
Also known as the Continental Congress of 1765, was a meeting held in New York, New York, consisting of representatives from some of the British colonies in North America. -
Declaratory Act passed
The declaration of the British Parliament that accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Law. He stated that the fiscal authority of the British Parliament was the same in the United States as in Britain. The parliament had directly imposed sugar revenues on the colonies. -
Stamp Act repealed
After months of protests and an appeal by Benjamin Franklin to the British House of Commons, Parliament voted to repeal the Seal Law and Parliament passed the Declaratory Acts, stating that the British government had released and total legislative power over the colonies . -
Townshend 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 including the following: New taxes on imports of paper, paint, lead, glass, and torch. -
Townshend Acts repealed
The British parliament repealed the Townshend duties on all but tea.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. -
Boston Massacre
The tension caused by the military occupation of Boston, increased after the shooting that a group of soldiers made against a group of protesters protesting against the rise in rates by the metropolis England to recover from economic losses after the war. -
Boston Tea Party
The so-called tea riot took place in Boston, Massachusetts, where a whole shipment of tea was thrown into the sea. A group of settlers disguised as Indians threw the tea load of three British ships into the sea. -
Tea Act passed
The Tea Act, passed by Parliament on May 10, 1773, granted the British East India Company Tea a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies. ... 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 -
Coercive Acts 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 First Continental Congress was a body of representatives elected by the legislative bodies of the American colonies of Great Britain in 1774, except Georgia. He met briefly and appointed his successor, the Second Continental Congress, which organized the Americans in the war against the metropolis. -
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 was begins
It was also known as the United States War of Independence. The Revolutionary War began with the confrontation between British troops and the local militia in Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, the
