intro to gov

  • George III Becomes King England

  • The stamp Act

    The stamp act is a parliament of great Britain which imposed a direct tax on British colonies and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London.
  • Stamp Act Congress meets in New York City

  • Parliament Passes the Townsend Acts

    The Townsend acts are a series of taxes and regulations to fund administrations of the British colonies.
  • The Boston Massacre

    The Boston massacre was a deadly riot that accrued on the streets in Boston. It began as a street brawl between american colonist and British soldiers but escalated into a bloody slaughter.
  • The Boston tea party

    The Boston tea party was a political protest that occurred due to taxation without representation so the people dumped 342 chest filled with tea into the harbor.
  • The Coercive Acts

    The Boston Port Act
    The Massachusetts Government Act
    The Administration of Justice Act
    The quartering Act
  • First Continental Congress Meets in Philadelphia.

  • The olive branch petition

    The olive branch petition was the senate last attempt to the king to try to prevent a formal war from being declared.
  • First shots of the American Revolution

    The first military engagement of the american revolutionary war.
  • Second Continental congress Meets in Philadelphia

  • The Adoption of the declaration of Independence

    The unanimous declaration of the thirteen united states of america is the pronouncement and founding document adopted by the second continental congress.
  • The Adoptions of the declaration of independence

  • Treaty of Paris sighed

    Official ending of the american revolution.