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French And Indian War
The French and Indian War pitted the colonies of British America against those of New France, each side supported by military units from the parent country and by American Indian allies -
Stamp Act
The stamp act was an act that required a stamp for all printed items including newspapers, legal documents and even playing cards. -
Stamp Act Congress
The stamp act congress was a meeting in New York to discus the colonist rights as British subjects, declaring that only their colonial legislature had the power to tax them. -
Stamp Act Repealed
Under all the pressure from the colonies, the stamp act was repealed but the same year the Parliament passed Declaratory act stating that it had all the power to make laws that were strong enough to keep the people in the colonies under great britans control. -
Declaratory Act
The Parliament passed Declaratory act stating that it had all the power to make laws that were strong enough to keep the people in the colonies under great britans control. -
Declaratory act passed
This act is stating that it had all the power to make laws that were strong enough to keep the people in colonies under Great Britain's control. The Act said, " in all cases whatsoever.". It also said that any laws the colonies made that denied or called the into question the right of Britain to control the colonies would be null and void. -
Townshend Acts Repealed
The British parliament repealed the Townshend duties on all but tea, Pressures from British merchants were partially responsible for the change. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre is when British soldiers were gaurding the Boston customs house, where taxes were collected, when an angry mob began throwing rocks and snowballs. Shots rang out, killing Five colonist, -
Boston Tea Party
On December 16, 1773, the Sons of Liberty dressed as Mohawk Indians, boarded the Britsh ships on Boston and dumped the cargo of tea in the harbor. The event began known as the Boston Tea Party. -
Coercive Acts Passed
When the Son of Liberty dumped the cargo of tea into the Boston Harbor this outraged the Parliament punished the Boston rebels in 1774 by passing the Coercive Acts (known in the colonies as the Intolberanle Act). Boston Harbor would be closed until the destroyed tea was paid for. -
First Continental Congress
Each colony, except for Georgia, sent delegates to meet in Philadelphia in 1774 for the First Continental Congress. Whispers of Independence were in the air. But most colonists still saw themselves as British subjects. -
Second Continental Congress
The colonists were in a year into the war with Great Britain when the Second Continental Congress met formally to adopt the Declaration of Independence in 1776. -
Revolutionary war Beings
The 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. After 1765, growing constitutional and political differences strained the relationship between Great Britain and its colonies. -
Townshend Acts
The towshend act is when there was taking on British imports, products shipped from other countries such as glass, tea, lead, paint, and paper. -
Declaration Of Independence Signed
The document officially stated the the 13 colonies were cutting ties with Great Britain and the king.
