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Formation of Sons of Liberty
The group was formed to protect the rights of the colonists and to take to the streets against the abuses of the British government. -
Sugar Act
Passed by the Parliament of Great Britain, These incidents increased the colonists' concerns about the intent of the British Parliament. -
Formation of Daughters of Liberty
Using their feminine skills of the time, they made homespun clothings and other goods. -
Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts were a series of acts passed beginning in 1767 by the Parliament of Great Britain -
Boston Massacre
British Army soldiers killed five civilian men and injured six others (known as the Incident on King Street) -
Tea Act
The Act granted the Company (British East India Company) the right to directly ship its tea to North America and the right to the duty-free export of tea from Britain. -
Boston Tea Party
After officials in Boston refused to return three shiploads of taxed tea to Britain, a group of colonists boarded the ships and destroyed the tea by throwing it into Boston Harbor -
Intolerable Act
The Intolerable Acts was the Patriot name for a series of laws passed by the British Parliament after 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 at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.
