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sugar/coffee
Great Britain began it's many tax acts with this act, putting a tax on foreign sugar, coffee and indigo. This had a large effect on merchants. -
Stamp Act Congress
This was the first gathering of elected representatives from several of the American colonies -
Quartering Act
This was created for British Parliament of the American colonies to provide the British soldiers with housing. -
Declaratory Act
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Boston massacre
This was a street fight the occired between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. -
Tea act
Passed to help british merchants(lowered price but still had a tax) -
Boston tea party
This was a protest with the Son of Libertys when the dumped thousands of dolllars of tea into the habor. -
Intolerable act
Forced the colonist to form the first continental congress and was punishment for the boston tea party -
Signing of Declaration of Independence
This event occiered on July 4th, 1774 when the declaratioon of Indepedence was signed. -
First continental congress
This event was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies that met on September 5 to October 26, 1774 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. -
battle of lexington and concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. -
2nd coninental congress
The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. -
stamp act
A series of acts imposing more taxes on the American colonists on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea. All of which were repealed except The Tea Act. -
Townshend Acts
A series of acts imposing more taxes on the American colonists on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea. All of which were repealed except The Tea Act.
