Leading up to the Declaration of Independence

By Cate Schmidt

  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act
    This forces colonists to use paper printed in England with the English seal to show that they paid the Stamp Tax.

  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    On March 5, 1770, patriots started throwing items such as rocks and snowballs. Several people were shot at by the British and 5 people died. (Paul Revere’s Bloody Massacre, 1775)

  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    Patriots dumped 342 crates of tea into the Boston Harbor to protest the Tea Tax. Boston Tea Party, Collection of Primary Sources

  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress
    Representatives from each colony brought together except Georgia, to discuss their response to the British "Intolerable Acts".

  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence
    The Declaration of Independence was a document written by Thomas Jefferson to declare America independent from England.