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The Mayflower lands at Plymouth Rock
The Mayflower lands at Plymouth Rock -
The French and Indian War
The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. -
The Currency Act
To protect British merchants and creditors from being paid in depreciated colonial currency. -
The Sugar Act
The Sugar Act reduced the rate of tax on molasses from six pence to three pence per gallon, while Grenville took measures that the duty be strictly enforced. -
The Stamp Act
England wanted to pay their troops in the colonies, so they passed the Stamp Act. It put a tax on papers, documents, and other stuff. -
The Quartering Act
raising revenue from the British colonies in America. -
The Townshend Revenue Act
imposed duties on British china, glass, lead, paint, paper and tea imported to the colonies. -
The Boston Massacre
he Boston Massacre was a confrontation in Boston on March 5, 1770, in which British soldiers shot and killed
several people whom they perceived to be a mob. -
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was an American political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston -
The First Continental Congress
The primary accomplishment of the First Continental Congress was a compact among the colonies to boycott British goods beginning on December 1, 1774 -
Patrick Henry’s “Give me Liberty or give me Death” speech
Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty”—Henry burst from his imaginary chains and grasped an ivory letter opener—“or give me death!” -
The Ride of Paul Revere
"Paul Revere's Ride" is an 1860 poem by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that commemorates the actions of American patriot Paul Revere on April 18, 1775, although with significant inaccuracies. -
The Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies in America that united in the American Revolutionary War. -
George Washington named Commander in Chief
Introduction. The Continental Congress commissioned George Washington as Commander in Chief of the Continental Army on June 19, 1775. -
Pennsylvania Becomes a Colony
The King signed the Charter of Pennsylvania on March 4, 1681, and it was officially proclaimed on April 2.