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French and Indian War
A war in North America between France and Britain (both aided by American Indian tribes) -
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Road to Revolution
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Proclamation of 1763
The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued October 7, 1763, by King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War. -
Sugar Act
Tax on sugar, molasses and several other items that were exported to England. This lowered the existing tax on molasses, but the law was more strictly enforced. -
Sons of Liberty is formed
Across the colonies, new protest groups, known as the "Sons of Liberty" formed to resist the new tax. -
Stamp Act
A tax on all printed matter. Materials must now be printed on stamp paper. This effected everyone, if you were found in violation of this act you were tried in Nova Scotia. -
Townshened Acts
A series of measures introduced into the English Parliament 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
It was the culmination of tensions in the American colonies that had been growing since Royal troops first appeared in Massachusetts in October 1768 to enforce the heavy tax burden imposed by the Townshend Acts -
Tea Act
The Tea Act, passed by Parliament on May 10, 1773, would launch the final spark to the revolutionary movement in Boston. The act was not intended to raise revenue in the American colonies, and in fact imposed no new taxes. -
Boston Tea Party
On December 16, 1773, American patriots dressed as Mohawk Indians boarded the vessels of the East Indian Company docked in the Boston harbor and dumped all the tea that was on the three ships into the ocean. -
Intolerable Acts
Also known as the Coercive Acts. this act was a five part act that was England's punishment to the colonists for the Boston Tea Party . -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from twelve colonies (Georgia was not present) that met on September 5, 1774, at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution. -
Battles of Lexington and Concorde
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. They were fought on April 19, 1775, in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy (present-day Arlington), and Cambridge, near Boston. -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the 13 colonies that started meeting in the May of 1775, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, soon after warfare in the American Revolutionary War had begun -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill took place on June 17, 1775, mostly on and around Breed's Hill, during the Siege of Boston early in the American Revolutionary War. -
Publication of Common Sense
Common Sense challenged the authority of the British government and the royal monarchy.
Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet "Common Sense," setting forth his arguments in favor of American independence. -
Declaration of Indepence
13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain.