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The Mayflower lands at Plymouth Rock
The ship, Mayflower, held about 100 pilgrims that were willing to go to Virginia. But due to a storm, it shifted the ship and took 10 weeks to reach Massachusetts, Cape Cod. And the pilgrims decided to stay in Plymouth. The pilgrims stayed mainly in the ship until the storage and other things were built. -
Pennsylvania Becomes a Colony
William Penn landed (founded) in Pennsylvania and King Charles granted them 45,000 square miles of land. Later, Philadelphia was the first and second Continental Congress, which led to the Declaration of independence. Then the war broke between British and American colonists. After the war ended between the two countries, America became independent and Pennsylvania became a second state. -
The French and Indian War
Due to the 2 different countries, the French and British had to fight in order to gain total control over America. Starting from the Ohio valley, those 2 countries fought in the war for 9 years. And after William Pitt took control over the British soldiers, they won the war. Gaining control over America. -
The Quartering Act
The British passed this law that when the British troops were sent to the colonies to protect the people from Native Americans, the people who were in the colonies had to offer quarters to the British soldiers. (quartering means giving someone a place to stay and eat.) This act made the Colonists angry, and other acts added up to the Revolutionary war. -
The Sugar Act
In order to pay off the soldiers that are protecting the colonists, the parliament had to pass the law about raising the tax on molasses. This act made the cost of any items made out of molasses. Also made the colonists angry. This act was one of the acts that led to the revolutionary war. -
The Currency Act
Due to no set currency in the 13 colonies, all colonies had different types of currency. So the currency had low value to the British merchants. This act regulated the money being paid through paper. This lit even more fire to the tension between the colonists and Great Britain -
The Stamp Act
England wanted to pay their troops in the colonies, so they passed the Stamp Act. It put a tax on papers, documents, and other stuff. If the colonists didn’t pay, they were punished unfairly without a jury. The colonists hated this act. For them, it was an example of “taxation without representation.” -
The Townshend Revenue Act
A law was proposed by Charles Townshend, and the law was to pay the soldiers who were in the colonies, protecting them from Native Americans. And they taxed colonists on the goods imported from Great Britain. They taxed glass, lead, paper, paint, tea, and many other things. Colonists were also very frustrated with the British putting quite a lot of taxes on those items. -
The Boston Massacre
The rise of taxes made the colonists frustrated. On March 5th, over 300 mad colonists gathered and marched on Boston street. Tension was high, and that led the 8 British soldiers to shoot the angry mobs on the street, killing several colonists, and even making the colonists at their limit. -
The Boston Tea Party
American Colonists loved drinking tea eventually. When the taxes on the Tea that was imported from the British increased, the colonists weren’t happy with it. They started to boycott tea and threw the tea into the sea. They threw about 340 boxes of tea into the ocean. -
The First Continental Congress
When the colonists were at their limit with the acts from the British Parliament, the people from the 13 colonies met up in Philadelphia and had their first congress. They had conversations and thought about what they should do about the acts. What they came up with was to boycott British supplements and trade each within the colonies. -
Patrick Henry’s “Give me Liberty or give me Death” speech
Patrick Henry was the actual voice of the Revolution. His speech leads the mad Colonists to defend themselves from the British, taking limitless taxes from them. So the speech, “give me liberty or give me death” convinced the House, and that made the colonists go against the British. -
The Ride of Paul Revere
This man named Paul Revere was the man who rode his horse and spread words about the British soldiers coming to America. This man was also related to the Boston tea party too. He played a very important role in the American Revolution and was one of the famous people to make current America. -
The Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was the congress after the first congress. In this congress, they talked about the issue with the currency system, ambassadors, and raising the continental army. This also led to preparing for the American Revolutionary War between the strongest country during that period of time, Great Britain. -
George Washington named Commander in Chief
The Continental Congress made George Washington the Commander in Chief on June 19, 1775, with his experience in the French and Indian War and the hope that he could unite the colonies. He was the one who made Americans win independence from Great Britain and the first president of the United States of America.