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Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was an act passed by the British Parliament to force direct tax on American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. Samual Adams was a strong opponent of British taxation. Samual Adams helped design resistance to the Stamp Act. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was an event that took place on King Street in Boston where several people being harassed were shot and killed by British soldiers. Martial law took place bringing military control by a government in response to the emergency. The Boston Massacre was publicized by Patriots which are people who support their country along with Paul Revere and Samuel Adams. -
Tea Party
The Tea Party was a protest involving colonists who refused to pay British taxes. Paul Revere, a silversmith and ardent colonialist, took part in the Boston Tea Party. Him and other colonists often used the phrase, “No taxation without representation” while they dumped British tea taken from docked ships into the harbor. -
Creation of the First Continental Congress
Delegates from each of the 13 colonies, not including Georgia, united in Philadelphia as the First Continental Congress to organize colonial resistance to Parliament's Acts being settled. -
Lexington and Concord
Lexington and Concord was a series of battles fought that set the start of the American Revolutionary war. The battles were fought in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, in the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy, and Cambridge. Minutemen were civilian colonists who independently organized a well-prepared militia company self-trained in military strategies. The minutemen fought in the battles at Lexington and Concord. -
Creation of the Second Continental Congress
The Creation of the Second Continental Congress was introduced as a meeting of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies in America which merged in the American Revolutionary War. -
The Battle of Bunker Hill
In Charlestown, Massachusetts, the first major battle of the American Revolution took place. In Result, the British won both Breed's Hill and Bunker Hill, with a loss of 2,200 troops, 268 British soldiers and 828 wounded. -
Olive Branch Petition
The Olive Branch Petition was a document where loyalists pledged their loyalty to the throne and addressed their rights as British citizens. It was the last attempt that the colonists designed to stay away from going to war with Britain during the American Revolution. -
Writing and distribution of Common Sense
The Distribution of Common Sense was a brochure written by Thomas Paine advising independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. The book was a hit, it had a larger sale then any book published in American history. -
The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was an important document taken by all 13 American colonies in declaring independence from the British. It was written by Thomas Jefferson, an American statesman, diplomat, and lawyer.
