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French and Indian war ended
The Seven Years' War ends with the signing of the Treaty of Paris by France, Great Britain, and Spain. -
Stamp act passed
passed by the British Parliament. The new tax was imposed on all American colonists requiring them to pay a tax on every piece of paper they used. -
stamp act congress
was the first gathering of representatives from several American colonies to devise a unified protest against British taxation. -
Declaratory act passed
It stated that the British Parliament's taxing authority was the same in America as in Great Britain. -
Townsend acts passed
the British government 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
British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob in Boston. it was heavily publicized by leading Patriots such as Paul Revere and Samuel Adams. -
Townsend acts repealed
Repealed on all but tea.They maintained the taxes on tea, in order to underscore the supremacy of parliament. -
Tea act passed
imposed no new taxes on tea for American colonies. -
Boston tea party
They threw tea chests into the Boston harbor to protest British Parliament's tax on tea -
coercive acts paased
Passed in response to the Boston Tea Party, they sought to punish Massachusetts as a warning to other colonies -
First continental congress
a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies that became the United States -
Revolutionary war begins
British soldiers, called lobsterbacks because of their red coats, and minutemen, the colonists' militia exchanged gunfire at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts. -
Second continental congress
a meeting of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies in America which united in the American Revolutionary War. -
Declaration of Independence signed
The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence occurred primarily in August 2nd at a hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. -
Stamp act repealed
a taxation measure enacted to raise revenues for a standing British army in America.
