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French and Indian War Ends
The war ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. Britain won and gained a lot of territory in North America, but there was an issue with the war's expenses. -
Stamp Act Congress
The Stamp Act was a meeting with representatives from some of the British colonies in North America, also known as the Continental Congress -
Stamp Act passed
A new tax passed on all American colonists and required them to pay for taxes for their purchases and goods. -
Stamp Act Repealed
British merchants and manufacturers pressured Parliament since they didn't appreciate the tax they had to pay and them not being able to get notified when the act passed. -
Declaratory Act Passed
This was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain to repeal of the Stamp Act and the changing and lessening of the Sugar Act. -
Townshend Acts Passed
Laws were passed by the British government on the American colonies. They placed new taxes and removed some freedoms from the colonists like import of paper, paint, lead, and glass. -
Townshend Acts Repealed
The British parliament repealed the Townshend duties on all, except tea. A widespread protest and non-importation of British goods in colonial ports. -
Boston Massacre
It was an incident on King street, in which British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob in Boston.The people of Boston had been heading protests against British taxation. -
Tea Act Passed
The Tea Act 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. -
Boston Tea Party
This event was a political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston. This occurred in 3 British ships in the Boston Harbor because people did not want to pay high taxes on tea. -
Coercive Acts passed
It was a series of laws passed relating to Britain's colonies in North America.The Coercive Act tried to punish Massachusetts as a warning to other colonies. -
First Continental Congress
It was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies that became part of the US and measures were imposed by the British government on the colonies in response to their resistance on the new tax. -
Second Continental Congress
It was the governing body of the American colonies. It was a meeting from the delegates of the 13 colonies. -
Revolutionary War Begins
It was the war for independence that began with the confrontation between British troops and local militia at Lexington and Concord. -
Declaration Of Independence signed
It was the pronouncement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia. It was an official act taken by all 13 colonies in declaring independence.
