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French and Indian War
Britain fought with France over control of the land in the Ohio River valley. Fought for nine years 1754 to 1763. -
Stamp act passed
A new tax that required a stamp for all printed items. This included newspapers, legal documents, and playing cards. -
Stamp Act Congress
A meeting held with representatives from the colonies about protesting the stamp act. -
Stamp Act Repealed
Controversial Stamp Act was repealed by parliament after much protesting. -
Declaratory act passed
Passed on the same day The Stamp Act was repealed, the parliament declared taxing authority in the 13 colonies the same as Great Britain. -
Townshend Act
This act taxed British imports, products shipped from other countries like glass, tea, lead, paint, and paper. -
Boston Massacre
An event that killed five colonists after a violent protesting. -
Townshend Act Repealed
The British parliament repealed the Townshend Act on all but tea. Pressure from British merchants was partially responsible for the change. -
Boston Tea Party
Group of colonists dressed as Mohawk Indians and dumped all cargo of tea from the British ships into the sea. -
First continental congress
A meeting where all colonies except for Georgia went to discuss independence. -
Coercive Act
Parliament's way of punishing colonists. This made the Boston Harbor close until all the tea damaged was paid for. -
Revolutionary War begins
War between Great Britain and its Thirteen Colonies which declared independence in 1776 as the United States of America -
Second Continental Congress
Meeting of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies in America which united in the American Revolutionary War. -
Declaration of Independence
The pronouncement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 4, 1776.
