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George III Becomes King England
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The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act of 1765 was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain which imposed a direct tax on the British colonies in America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London, carrying an embossed revenue stamp. -
Stamp Act Congress meets in New York City
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Parliament Passes the Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts was a series of measures, passed by the British Parliament in 1767, that taxed goods imported to the American colonies. -
The Boston Massacare
The Boston Massacre was a confrontation in Boston on March 5, 1770, in which a group of nine British soldiers shot five people out of a crowd of three or four hundred who were abusing them verbally and throwing various missiles. -
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Second Continental Congress Meets in Philadelphia
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The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest that occurred on December 16, 1773, at Griffen's Wharf in Boston Massachusets. -
The Coercive Acts/ Intolerable Acts
The four acts were the Boston Port Act, the Massachusetts Government Act, the Administration of Justice Act, and the Quartering Act. -
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First Continental Congress Meets In Philadelphia
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The Olive Branch Petition
The Olive Branch Petition was adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 5, 1775, and signed on July 8 in a final attempt to avoid war between Great Britain and the Thirteen Colonies in America -
First Shots of the American Revolution
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. The battles were fought in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy, and Cambridge. -
The Adaptation of the Deceleration of Independence
The United States Declaration of Independence is the pronouncement and founding document adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. -
The Adoption of the Articles of Confederation
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Treaty of Paris Signed - Official Ending of the American Revolution