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The Boston Tea Party.
On this day in 1773, a group of Massachusetts colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians board three British tea ships moored in Boston Harbor and dump 342 chests of tea into the water. Now known as the “Boston Tea Party". -
The french and indian war.
French and Indian War/Seven Years, The French and Indian War was the North American conflict in a larger imperial war between Great Britain and France known as the Seven Years' War. The French and Indian War began and ended with the Treaty of Paris . -
The sugar act.
The Sugar Act, also known as the American Revenue Act, was a revenue-raising act passed by the British Parliament of Great Britain. -
Patrick Henry's "If This Be Treason" speech
The name Patrick Henry, during the revolution and for some time after, was synonymous with that word in the minds of colonists and Empire alike. -
The Stamp Act Congress
The Stamp Act Congress or First Congress of the American Colonies was a meeting held between October 7 and 25, 1765 in New York City, consisting of representatives from some of the British colonies in North America. -
Declaratory act.
Declaratory, declaration by the British Parliament that accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act. And it stated that the British Parliaments taxing authority was the same in America as in Great Britain. Parliament had directly taxed the colonies for revenue in the Sugar Act. -
Townshend act.
The Townshend Acts were a series of acts passed beginning in 1767 by the Parliament of great britain relating to the british colonies in North America. The acts are named after Charles Townshend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who proposed the program. -
political unrest.
Political unrest is a term describing widespread dissatisfaction with the current government. Generally, widespread protests qualify as a type of political unrest. -
The Boston Massacre.
The Boston Massacre was a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770, between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. Several colonists were killed and this led to a campaign by speech-writers. Most people find this unfortunate. -
Burning of the Gaspee.
Burning of the gaspee, in U.S. colonial history, act of open civil defiance of British authority when Rhode Islanders boarded and sank the revenue cutter gaspee in Narragansett Bay -
The First Continental Congress.
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies that met on September 5 to October 26, 1774, at Carpenters Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution.
