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The French and Indian War
1754-1763 The French and Indian War was a war between the French and British. The Indians fought on the French side. The French and Indians wanted more land. After 9 years of battle the Treaty of Paris was made which gave France more land. -
Sugar Act
Parliament passed the sugar act because the king was in debt from the French and Indian War. He needed money and decided to tax the colonists. The tax was on the thirteen colonies on sugar and molasses that the colonists needed to buy for rum. The colonists eventually decided to boycott sugar and molasses. -
Stamp act
The stamp act was a tax on important documents, playing cards, even dice! The king placed this tax to show he had power and he needed money. The colonists thought it was unfair and useless. -
Townshend Acts
The Townshend acts are taxes on paint, oil, lead, paper, and tea. Because of this the colonists established the non-importation agreements. The colonists also boycotted British goods that hurt the British sellers. Also, because of this the British sent more soldiers. -
Boston Massacre
On King street in Boston a group of 50 colonists were throwing snowballs at British troops. Someone fired a shot and a colonist fell dead it was Crispus Atucks. At the end 3 were dead and 4 wounded 2 of them later died. -
Tea Act
On May 10, 1773 parliament passed the tea act. The tea act was designed to prop up the East India Company. The result of this was the Boston Tea Party. -
Boston tea party
The Boston tea party was a protest to the tax on tea. The sons of liberty dressed up as Mohawk Indians and threw 250 chests of tea over the edge of a ship. The result of this was that the Boston harbor got closed. The King made more taxes so the colonists would pay for all the tea they dumped. -
Paul Revere's ride
Paul Revere rode from Boston to Cambridge to Watertown to Worcester to Hartford. His ride was a warning to the colonists that the British were coming. The colonists set up minutemen skirmishes to slow down the British soldiers. -
Common Sense
Common Sense was a book written by Thomas Paine that stated a clear argument that the colonists wanted freedom from Brittan. It was first published on Jan. 25, 1776. Its words convinced colonists to want independence. Also, he thought that the colonists should have the right to govern themselves. -
The Declaration Of Independence
The colonists wanted freedom from England and selected Thomas Jefferson to write a draft. He wrote it like a letter to the King of England demanding freedom from the British rule. Representatives from the colonies signed the Declaration on July 4,1776 now known as Independence Day.
