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French and Indian war
http://www.kidport.com/reflib/usahistory/frenchindian/frenindwar.htm The french and indian war was a seven year long war between britain and france. France was allied with the indians they were fighting controle over north america. -
stamp act
https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=stamp%20act an act of the British Parliament in 1756 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents. Colonial opposition led to the act's repeal in 1766 and helped encourage the revolutionary movement against the British Crown. -
Proclamation of 1763
http://www.history.com/news/remembering-the-proclamation-of-1763 The royal proclomation of 1763 was issued october 7th 1763 by King George the lll following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War, -
Townshend Act's
http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/townshend-acts A series of measures introduced into the english parlament by Chancellor of the Exchequer Charles Townshend in 1767, the Townshend Acts imposed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper and tea imported into the colonies. -
Boston Massacre
http://www.bostonmassacre.net/
The boston massacre was a street fight that occured on March 5, 1770 between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. Several colonists were killed and this led to a campaign by speech-writers to rouse the ire of the citizenry. -
Tea Act
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/teaact.htm
The tea act was the final straw in a series of unpopular policies and taxes imposed by Britain on her American colonies. The policy ignited a powder keg of opposition and resentment among American colonists and was the catalyst of the Boston Tea Party. -
The Boston Tea Party
http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-tea-party
The boston tea party was initially refered to by john adams as the the destruction of the tea in boston. was a political protest by the sons of liberty in boston, on december 16th 1773 -
Declaration of Independence
http://www.heritage.org/initiatives/first-principles/primary-sources/the-declaration-of-independence
The Declaration of Independence is the founding document of the American political tradition. It articulates the fundamental ideas that form the American nation: -
Intolerable Acts
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/intolerable.htm
The intolerable acts were the patriots term for for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea party. They were ment to punish the massachusetts colonists for there defiance for throwing a a large tea shipment into the boston harbor. -
Lexinton and Concord
http://www.ushistory.org/us/11c.asp
The battles of lexington and concord were the first military engagements of the american revoloutionary war.
