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Founding of the 13 Colonies
The 13 colonies were etsablished by England to claim their territory in the New World, but little did they know that colonists were planning a country of their own and would fight for their independence. -
French and Indian War
France and Britain ally with their respective Native American tribes and a problematic conflict ensues as both countries fight for their stake of land and glory in the New World. In the aftermath, Britain forces the colonists to pay taxes to help pay for the war which would eventually spark America's fight for independence as the unfair British taxation of the colonists began. -
Founding of The Sons of Liberty
A radical anit-British group named the Sons of Liberty was founded in response to the stamp act. However, as the British began to tax more and pass more unfair acts, they would go on to orchestrate one of the most monumental protests in America's fight for independence, The Boston Tea Party. -
"No taxation without representation"
A slogan once used by a reverend in Boston soon grows to represent the primary grievance of the 13 colonies and a pivotal factor that sparked The Revolutionary War. Colonists were being taxed without having any say in political matters or representation in the British Parliament which infuriated the colonists. -
Stamp Act, Quartering Act, Sugar Act, and the Currency Act
The British begin to unfairly tax the colonists for stamp that would go on newspapers, letters, important documents, etc., sugar, British currency, and imposed a act on the colonists saying that they had to provide food and lodging for any britsh soldier that came knocking at their door. These acts and taxes slowly began and eat away at the revenue of the 13 colonies to compensate for England's national debt. As you can imagine, the colonists were outraged and major protests would follow. -
Boston Tea Party
The Sons of Liberty conduct one of the biggest protests in American history, disguising themselves as Indians and destroying tea shipments from 3 British ships in Boston harbor to protest the newly published tea tax. Britain would later retaliate by closing Boston harbor and authorizing more ridiculously unfair taxes on the colonists which only added to colonial rage. -
The First Continental Congress
The colonies establish their first ever independent congress which first met at Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia, PA. This would be the first step in creating an independent governing democracy in America. -
The Intolerable Acts
To punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party , Britain passes the 4 Intolerable acts that forbid the colonists from having town meetings, protects British officers that have had issues with the law, and expands on the Quartering act. In the colonists perspective, this act was yet another outrageous tax from a country that had almost completely turned into their hated enemy. -
The Boston Blockade
British soldiers shut down any activity in Boston harbor and threaten to keep it that way unless the colonists pay 1 million dollars to com pensate for the heavy losses that England suffered as a result of the Boston Tea Party. Many colonists lost evrything they had to pay the british back for the tea party, sparking even more conflict. -
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
British troops march into Concord, New Hampshire to seize an colonial arm cache when they are met with great resistance from the colonists and chaos follows as bullets fly from both sides and both sides suffer enormous casualties. The Revolutionary War has officially begun. -
Paul Revere's "Ride"
A group of patriots warn Lexington of an immenent British arrival and, while his ride is very controversial as to if it actually occured or not, he is said to have rode to the Old North Church in Boston, MA and lit a lantern signaling the British's arrival, "One if by land, two if by sea." Colonists were outraged the the British crown codoned this act and dramatically increased feelings of rebellion against and hatred for the crown. -
Thomas Paine's "Common Sense"
Thomas Paine publishes a pamphlet citing the tyranny of British occupation and America's need for independence and it ends up becoming one of the most influential pieces of propoganda in the Revolutionary War, and converted many colonists to the yankees side and way from British loyalty.
