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French & Indian War
The French and Indian War was a conflict between France and Great Britain that resulted in Britain taking over all French lands in North America. It was also the last war fought between European powers in North America before the American Revolution. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was a direct tax imposed by the British parliament specifically on the colonies of British America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper that was produced in London. -
Townshend Act
The Townshend Acts is a law passed in 1767 that suspended New York's assembly until New Yorkers agreed to provide housing for the troops which includes glass, paint, lead, and tea. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre refers to an incident involving the deaths of five civilians at the hands of British troops on March 5, 1770, the legal aftermath of which helped spark the rebellion in some of the British colonies in America which culminated in the American Revolution. A tense situation due to a heavy British military presence in Boston boiled over to incite brawls between soldiers and civilians, and eventually led to troops discharging their muskets after being attacked by a rioting crowd. -
Tea Act
The American colony was taxed for every load of tea brought into port,especially Boston Harbor.Coffee was not so popular then and the tea tax put it out of the buying range of most colonists.Also,the colonists were tired of being taxed without being consulted.That is why we have no taxation without repsentation,although in many cases the taxes are passed anyway,despite verbal protest. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, a city in the British colony of Massachusetts, against the tax policy of the British government and the East India Company that controlled all the tea imported into the colonies. -
Intolerable Acts
Colonists began calling these new laws the Intolerable Acts. The closing of Boston's port hurt the city badly. Boston's economy depended on trade, and soon many people were out of work. Other colonies began helping Boston by sending food, supplies, and money. The Intolerable Acts had another effect. They forced many colonists to take sides in the conflict between Boston and Britain. Colonists who opposed British rule were known as Patriots. Colonists who remained loyal to King George and the Bri -
Lexington & Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.The battles marked the outbreak of open armed conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and its thirteen colonies in the mainland of British North America. -
1st and 2nd Continental
The First Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from twelve of the thirteen North American colonies that met on September 5, 1774, at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution. The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that met beginning on May 10, 1775, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, soon after warfare in the American Revolutionary War had begun. It showed that the 13 colonies could cooperate for -
Publishing of Common Sense
Published in 1776, Common Sense challenged the authority of the British government and the royal monarchy. The plain language that Paine used spoke to the common people of America and was the first work to openly ask for independence from Great Britain.
