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Sugar Act
the Sugar and Molasses Act which was about to expire. Under the Molasses act everyone has been required to pay a tax of six pence per gallon on the importation of foreign molasses. -
French and Indian war
Britain and France had colonies in North America. The British wanted to settle in Ohio and to trade with the Indians who lived there. The French built houses to protect their trade with the Indians. In 1754, George Washing had a war against the French. -
proclamation of 1763
king george III takes frenches land after the french and indian war ends. -
townshed act
The Townshend Acts were a bunch of British Acts of Parliament passed durring around 1768 and relating to the British in North America. The acts are named after Charles Townshend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer -
boston massacre
The Boston Massacre, the Incident on King Street by the British, was a confrontation on March 5, 1770, in which British Army soldiers shot and killed five people while under harassment by locals. -
boston tea party
The Boston Tea Party was a political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts, in December -
tea act
The Tea Act was the final straw in a series of unpopular policies and taxes imposed by Britain on her American colonies. The policy ignited a powder keg of opposition and resentment among American colonists -
first continental congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of twelve of the Thirteen Colonies who met from September 5 at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution. -
intolerable acts
The Intolerable Acts were punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. ... In Great Britain, these laws were called to as the Coercive Acts. -
Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord, fought in April and started American Revolutionary War. tension had been building for many years between people of the American colonies and the British authorities, in Massachusetts. -
second continental congress
The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the spring of 1775 in Philadelphia. It succeeded the First Continental Congress, which met in Philadelphia between -
bunker hill
he Battle of Bunker Hill was fought on June 17 during the Siege of Boston in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War. The battle is named after Bunker Hill in Charlestown, which was involved in the battle -
decoration of independents
The United States Declaration of Independence is the rules that men made adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 4th -
Alexander Hamilton
he was one of the founding fathers of america -
battle of trenton
The Battle of Trenton was a small but violent battle during the American Revolutionary War which took place on the morning of December 26, 1776 -
valley forge
Valley Forge was the third of eight military encampments for the Continental Army's main body, commanded by George Washington. In September, British army's had captured the American capital of Philadelphia -
battle of saratoga
The Battles of Saratoga was like the climax of the Saratoga campaign, having a victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War. -
treaty of paris
The Treaty of Paris, King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America on September 3, 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War. -
George Washington
George Washington commanded the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War. After serving as President of the United States. he was in charge of a new army in 1798. -
thomas jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was an American Founding Father who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and later served as the third President of the United States from just before, he had been elected the second Vice President of the United States, serving for John Adams