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  • Join, or Die

    Join, or Die
    Ben Franklin sketched this cartoon to illustrate the urgency of his 1754 Albany Plan of Union. He unsuccessfully tried to bring the colonies together to defend themselves against Indian and French threats.

  • King George III

    King George III
    Although King George III was later burned in effigy in the streets of the colonies, his relaxed ruling style inspired little ire among the colonists in the 1760s.

  • Appalachian Mountains

    Appalachian Mountains
    After Britain won the Seven Years' War and gained land in North America, it issued the Royal Proclamation of 1763, which prohibited American colonists from settling west of Appalachia.

  • Proclaim and Inflame

    Proclaim and Inflame
    Despite the Treaty of Paris, many Native Americans continued to fight against European settlement of land west of Appalachia. Ottawa Chief Pontiac led numerous attacks against British and colonial expansion and settlement and his violent aggression is one reason Britain issued the Proclamation of 1763.

  • The Royal Proclamation of 1763

    The Royal Proclamation of 1763
    Even after Britain issued the Royal Proclamation of 1763, Daniel Boone continued to settle areas west of the Appalachian Mountains.

  • Taxes

    Taxes
    All pieces of paper fell under the Stamp Act of 1765. Legal documents, newspapers, and playing cards were also levied with the tax. Britain had several stamps to mark these documents as official.

  • The Stamp Act Controversy

    The Stamp Act Controversy
    When Britain repealed the Stamp Act in 1766 — only a year after it had been issued — colonists celebrated in the streets, as this satirical cartoon from 1766 depicts.

  • The Boston Massacre

    The Boston Massacre
    The 1770 Boston Massacre was only one in a series of events that led American colonists to revolt against Britain.

  • Samuel Adams

    Samuel Adams
    A writer and propagandist, Samuel Adams championed the American Revolution in Boston and chaired the meeting that led to the Boston Tea Party. Along with his cousin, John Adams, Samuel Adams is one of the best-known Boston patriots.

  • The Boston Patriots

    The Boston Patriots
    Boston was the home for many patriots and supports of the American cause. This map shows the plan of Boston in 1775, at the height of the Revolution.