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Molasses Act of 1733
Merchants living in the colony were forced to pay taxes on the importation of foreign sugar and molasses. The colonists, of course, protested, arguing that the supplier wouldn't be able to meet they're needs. -
Currency Act
The Currency act regulated the colonists issuing of money. But the colonists argued that without their own paper money, they would not be able to ensue and maintain their own economic activity. -
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The French and Indian War
The Native Americans were tired of the efforts of the British trying to push them past the Appalachian Mountains. And the French also wanted to stop the British's advance toward their land in Canada. The war ended after the Treaty of Paris was signed and the Native Americans were forced west anyway. -
The Albany Congress
Representatives from seven of the 13 colonies, sent by legislators, met in Albany to discuss declaring war with France -
Sugar Act of 1764
The British charged tax on sugar and other products imported by the colonies. The colonists protested and demanded they be represented; No Taxation without Representation! -
Stamp Act
It was a British law that required printed materials like newspapers to be printed on paper produced by Britain. Colonists reacted with boycotts of British products, attacks on tax collectors, and riots. -
Quartering Act
After Britain sent more troops to patrol the colonies and make sure they did what they were told, the soldiers needed places to live. The Quartering Act forced colonists to provide food, shelter and clothing to any soldier that needed it. Colonists argued that it violated the Bill of Rights (1689). -
Declaratory Act
This act was declared by the British, with the repeal of the stamp act. IT said that the taxing authority was no different in the colonies as it was in England. IN the colonies, people were afraid that this act would encourage the British to make more acts on the colonies. -
The Townshend Acts
The British imposed duties on paints, glass, lead, paper and tea that was imported into the colonies. Colonist responded with anger, prostesting with boycotts of many of these products. -
The Boston Massacre
A six British soldiers guarding a building was confronted by a mob of drunk colonists, taunting and throwing snowballs at them. One colonist struck a soldier with a stick and the soldier fired. That's when the massacre began. Though the British were only acting in self defense, the colonists spread misleading stories of the British attacking the colonists fro no reason, when that wasn't the case. -
Tea Act
The British set this law to pay back the East India tea company that lost all the tea during the Boston Tea Party. The colonists, in response to this, acted out the Boston Tea Party. Britain then responded with harsh laws to stop the colonists protests. -
Boston Tea Party
The colonists dressed as Indians and attacked a ship, dumping out one million dollars worth of tea. The british then shut down the harbor until the debt was paid off. -
Quebec Act
The gave the French Canadians complete religious freedom. It restored the French's previous form of law as well. It increased the colonies resentment toward British rule and helped colonists fight toward freedom. -
Boston Port Act
The Boston Port Bill was one of the acts, which closed off the Boston Harbor until the colonists paid for the tea wasted in the Boston Tea Party. This was one major act that angered the colonists very much. The Intolerable Acts helped bring the colonies together because Boston needed supplies until the harbor opened back up. -
Intolerable Acts
These acts were harsh laws passed by the British because they were tired of the colonists protests. The Boston Port Bill was one of the acts, which closed off the Boston Harbor until the colonists paid for the tea wasted in the Boston Tea Party. This was one major act that angered the colonists very much. The Intolerable Acts helped bring the colonies together because Boston needed supplies until the harbor opened back up. -
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The Continental Congress
The Continental Congress served as a government to the colonies as the war raged on. The Congress disbanded in 1789 to be replaced by the U.S Congress, once the United States recieved the freedom they wanted. -
Edenton Tea Party
51 women came together in Edenton to state peacefully that they were no longer going to buy British tea, or wear British imported clothes. The British treated this statement as a joke because of the fact that women had little to no rights. -
Common Sense
The common sense was a pamphlet that was written by Thomas Paine in 1775. It encouraged freedom and after only months of it release, 120,000 copies were sold. The colonists reaction fueled the war for independence in their favor, it is believed. -
Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
Waiting on an attack from the British, Paul Revere told his friend to hang one lantern in the belfry of the North church tower if they traveled by land, and two if they traveled by sea. They came by sea and Paul Revere rode all night to alert the minutemen in the colonies to be ready to fight when they arrived. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
These battles really triggered the American Revolutionary War. Once news of the battles (one of which included the famous Shot Heard Round' The World) reached other Great Britain, war had already broken lose. -
Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
A group of Green Mountain boys led by Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold forced the British troops to surrender in an early morning raid to aquire firearms in which they needed desperately. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
the British defeated the Colonists at the Battle of Bunker Hill in Massachusetts. Though they lost, the colonists inflicted many casualties against the British that weakened them. -
Declaration of Independence
July 4 is the day we celebrate the adoption of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress. The King of England, as ironic as it is, wrote in his journal that nothing particularly interesting had happened that day, as the news took months to reach England. -
Battles of Trenton and Princeton
The Battle of Trenton was when George Washington led his army across the icy Delaware River on Christmas morning to surprise the German Hessions (which were mercenaries for the British) and attack them. The Battle of Princeton happened a week later. On January 3rd, George Washington and his troops executed a night march and captured Princeton. The Colonists now had control over much of New Jersey. -
Battle of Saratoga
There were two battles at Saratoga, both of which was a major turning point in the war. The British won, though a small victory, it
