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The End of the French and Indian War
In 1763, the Seven Years War in North America ended with the signing of The Treaty of Paris. This also led to the English being plagued by a debt which caused the British parliament to begin expanding their control over the colonies.
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The Sugar Act
Emposed by Britain, giving them control of trade with taxes (mercantilism), reduced foreign molasses tax by fifty percent, and also banned the importation of rum. Colonists were against being taxed.
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The Stamp Act (cont.)
were not fond of being virtually represented by the British Parliament and wanted to run their own affairs.
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The Stamp Act
A direct tax emposed by British Parliment requiring printed documents to have Stamp, or British seal, on it. The Stamp, of course, cost money. The colonists didn't think they should be taxed for something they had been doing for free for many years, and they responded in force, with demonstrations, and even with a diplomatic body called the Stamp Act Congress. The colonies
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The Bloody Massacre in King Street.
More commonly know as 'The Boston Massacre', British troops opened fire towards colonists who were protesting their presense within the city, killing five and injuring six.
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Tea Act
The Tea Act was designed to help the British East Indian Company, which was having financial problems and had a surplus of tea in its warehouses. The tea was sold at bargain prices in the American colonies. Colonist were upset with the act becuase it supported the Townshend tax on tea.
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Boston Tea Party
Colonists threw tea into the Boston Harbor as a protest against the Tea Act. Paraliment responded with the Intolerable Acts.
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First Continental Congress
Fifty-six delegates from all the colonies, aside from Georgia, met together to demand a repeal of the Intolerable Acts.
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Patrick Henry's speech
Given at the Second Virginia Convention, Patrick proposed a speech that supported taking action against Britain. It ended in “Give me liberty, or give me death!", motivated troops to fight, and not even a month afterwords the Battle of Lexington and Concord took place.
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The Battle of Lexington and Concord
No one was sure who fired the "Shot Heard Around The World", but on this day the first shots were fired between the Amercan and British troops, in Massachusetts, that started a war that would free America from Britain's rule.
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Second Continental Congress
When the Revolutionary War started the armed forces were disorganized and things had been going badly. Because of this the Continental Congress met up and formed the Continental Army with George Washington as their leader. This helped in the making of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Marines Corps.
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Thomas Paine's Common Sense
Paine's publication supported and clarified why Americans should seek independence from Britain. His Crisis Papers, which were also circulating around at this time, encorauged American troops to fight. for independence, even if it seemed as if they'd lose.
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Signing of The Declaration of Independence.
Written by Thomas Jefferson, The Declaration of Independence was ratified declaring freedom from Great Britain. First day for the United States of America.
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