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The Founding Of The Colonies
The first colony that was founded was in Virginia in 1607 by London Company. The founding of the colonies was 13 different colonies, in North America, coming together. The colonies were founded because it was a place where people could get away from Britain, express their religion, way of life, ideas, etc freely. -
French and Indian War
The French and Indian War lasted between 1754- 1763. Contradicting its name, The French and Indian War was not between the French and Native Americans. The French and Indian war was between the French, the British, and their Native American allies. The war was caused by France and Britain fighting in Europe which carried into North America, Britain wanted to take over fur trade in the French territory in North America, and colonist wanted to take over French land in North America. -
"No Taxation Without Representation"
The colonist said, “No Taxation Without Representation”, to the British as a protest against taxes in the 1750s-1760s. The colonist said, “No Taxation Without Representation” to the British, because they thought that the British Parliament shouldn't be able to tax them without a Representative in the Parliament. -
The Sugar Act
The sugar Act put a tax on sugar and molasses. Prime Minister George Grenville proposed The Sugar Act, on April 5, 1764. The Sugar Act effected not just the colonists but the French and British also. The Sugar Act was supposed to raise revenue to help with the military costs of protecting the American colonies at a time when Great Britain’s economy was in huge national debt during the French and Indian War. But colonists were upset about the new taxes they had to pay. -
The Currency Act
The Currency Act was passed by the British Parliament on September 1, 1764. The Currency Act affected the North American Colonies. The Currency Act was passed because Britain wanted to create one currency. But this made colonist angry because the new currency wasn’t as valuable as theirs. -
The Sons Of Liberty
Sons of Liberty was formed on August 1765 in Boston, Mass. Some of the members of Sons Of Liberty are, Samuel Adams, Joseph Warren, Paul Revere, John Hancock, Patrick Henry, and Oliver Wolcott. The Sons Of Liberty were a secret society formed to protect the rights of the colonists and to fight taxation by the British government. They played a major role in most colonies in battling the Stamp Act in 1765. Also, Sons Of Liberty protested all the unfair and intolerable things the British did. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765. The Stam Act was a new tax on all American colonists that required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. Ex. Ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, even playing cards were taxed, etc. The Stamp Act was another tax passed to pay for the British troops during the French and Indian War. Colonist were not happy about paying another new tax passed by the British Parliament. -
The Quartering Act
The Quartering Act was passed by the British Parliament, on May 3, 1765. The Quartering Act affected North American Colonies because colonists were supposed to feed, house and provide anything else Britsh soldiers needed. But colonies hated that they were forced to house British soldiers, pay to feed them, and got taxed on things they had to buy to feed the British soldiers. -
The Boston Tea Party
On the night of December 16, 1773, The Sons of Liberty boarded three ships in the Boston harbor dressed like Mohawk Indians. The Sons of Liberty threw 342 chests of tea overboard, into the Boston Harbor. The Boston Tea Party happened because the colonists did not want to have to pay taxes on British tea. They thought that the tea would put all of the colonists out of business. But The Boston Tea Party resulted in the Boston Blockade. -
The Boston Port Act/The Boston Blockade
The Boston Port Act was passed by the British Parliament, in 1774. This act was designed to punish the colonist of Boston & Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party - was one of a four British Laws referred to as the Coercive Acts/Intolerable Acts passed by the Parliament of Great Britain. -
The Coercive Act/The Intolerable Acts
The Coercive Acts were harsh laws passed by British Parliament, on March 24, 1774. The acts were meant to punish the American colonists for the Boston Tea Party & other protests. The first act was the Boston Port Act. The second, was the Massachusetts Government Act. The third, was the Administration of Justice Act. known as the “Murder Act” because colonist thought it let officials get away with murder. The Quartering Act, introduced in 1774, made the original act of 1765, a law. -
The First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was formed by fifty-six delegates from all the colonies except, Georgia who was fighting a Native-American uprising and was dependent on Britain for military, on September 5, 1774. The First Continental Congress was created to organize a resistance to British Parliament Coercive Acts. They drafted a declaration of rights and grievances and elected Virginian Peyton Randolph as the first president of Congress. -
Thomas Paine's "Common Sense"
Thomas Paine wrote/published the pamphlet “Common Sense” in
1775-1776. “Common Sense” was written to advocate independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. -
Paul Revere's "Ride"
Between 9 and 10 p.m. on the night of April 18, 1775, Joseph Warren told Paul Revere and William Dawes that the king's troops were about to embark in boats from Boston bound for Cambridge and the road to Lexington and Concord. As soon as Paul Revere and William Dawes heard of this knew the road all night into the dawn of the next morning. William Dawes arrived to Lexington with Paul Revere, where they warned Samuel Adams and John Hancock. -
Lexington and Concord
In the towns of Lexington and Concord was British troops sent to confiscate colonial weapons, they run into an untrained and angry militia(the colonist), on April 19, 1775. The ragtag army defeats 700 British soldiers and the surprise victory bolsters their confidence for the war ahead. Also the First Revolutionary Battle was at at Lexington and Concord.
