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Repeal Of The Stamp Act
The people complained, after feeling repressed by the Stamp Act, leading to the repeal of a Act that imposed taxes on certain paper items, as you had to purchase an official British stamp. -
Townshend Acts
An Act that let customs officers the right to search homes for smuggled goods with no warrant whatsoever. -
British Troops Sent to Boston
After the unrest caused by the Townshend and Stamp Act, British troops are sent to calm the raging storm. -
Townshend Taxes Repealed
After much opposition by the people, the Townshend Act is repealed, along with the taxes that it imposed. -
Boston Massacre
5 colonists are shot after protesting outside a customs officer's house, angering the people further, for it was a deliberate attack on innocent people. -
Boston Tea Party
After the Tea Act was passed, the people of Boston rebelled at the ports in Boston, not letting the tea dealers sent by the British to unload. Then, disguised as Indians, they invaded the boat, and sent the British economy back by throwing all of the chests of tea into Boston Harbor's waters. -
Coercive Acts
The Coercive Acts were 4 Acts that punished Massachusetts severely, also known as the Intolerable Acts. these Acts, made to "resolve" the situation, only worsened it. -
First Continental Congress
A reunion of 12 colonies to rebel against Britain. They agreed on issuing a Declaration of Rights as a form of protest, as well as boycotting some goods. -
Second Continental Congress
It decided their course of action, and tried for a peaceful departure for the colonies from the grasps of Britain. -
Lexington and Concord
As the pressure built up, war rang out. The Americans and its minutemen made a stand at Lexington, while marching to Concord. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
A battle that, even though was a loss for the colonists, encouraged them to battle for their rights. -
Declaration of Independence
A document forever sealing the Americans, as they now called themselves. First sent in by Thomas Jefferson, then voted upon on 4th of July, this is the document that grants us the inalienable rights of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness.