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Founding of the Colonies
The day they found the 13th colony was a big time for history. The reason they found Georgia was for English prisons and for another safe place for persecuted religious believers. The reason for all 143 colonies was for a place for British citizens to live freely. -
French and Indian War
The Huron and French against Iroquois and Britain in the French and Indian war. The war took place all over Newly discovered land in america from 1754-1763. The two countries and tribes were fighting over the land in between there settlements. -
Sugar Act, Quartering Act, Currency Act, Stamp Act
The Sugar Act was an act about taxes being given to colonial merchants when they purchased foreign molasses. The Quartering Act is a rule that provides British soldiers with necessities such as food and shelter. The Currency Act solved paper money issues that were going on with the British. The Stamp Act was an act that demanded taxes from american colonists for stamps and paper goods. Therefore all these things have taxes and money in common with each other. -
No Taxation without Representation
The american colonist wanted to be represented in parliament. They believed that it was only fair if they get to chose their own representatives. This caused conflicting opinions. The British parliament did not support this idea. This is when James Otis created and advertised the phrase no taxation without representation. This means that unless there is a proper representative of the american colonist there cannot be a tax. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea party was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, MA. The British made a rule to America about paying taxes for imports. Some colonists did not agree with this. The British then shipped 500,000 pound of tea to the northeast. The citizens did not want the tea to come because of this they dumped 342 crates of tea into the Boston Harbor. -
First Continental Congress
It was a meeting of authorized people from 12/13 colonies during the American Revolution. This meeting was to discuss the Intolerable Acts these acts were meant to punish Americans for the Boston Tea party incident. -
Boston Blockade
This was the time when British Parliament passed a law closing the port of Boston and forcing the citizens to pay for the million dollar payment of tea in the harbor. Parliament hoped that the acts would help isolate Boston from MA. -
Intolerable Acts
The intolerable acts were passed by the British parliament as punishment for the Boston Tea Party and other protests. They were harsh laws meant to teach the colonist respect. The five acts were the Boston port act, Massachusetts government act, Administration Justice Act, Quartering Act of 1774, Quebec Act 1774. This caused anger coming from the colonist and eventually leading to the war. -
Sons of Liberty
The sons of liberty is a patriotic group created in the thirteen colonies. The secret organization was formed to protect the rights of the colonists and to fight taxation by the British government. Samuel Adams was the founder and leader of this group. This group sabotaged Britain efforts for higher taxation causing British parliament and loyalist to become infuriated. -
Paul Reveres Ride
Paul Revere was employed by the Boston committee of correspondence of Safety as an express rider to bring news, messages, and copies of important documents to New York and Philadelphia. He was also assigned the role of riding through Lexington, Massachusetts to spread the news of British troops arrival. -
Lexington and Concord
The battle of Lexington and Concord kicked off the American Revolution War. It was between the 13 colonies and the British authorities. Lots of protests and acts lead to this war including the Sugar Act and the "No taxation without representation" protest. This battle went on until 8 years later the colonists won. -
Thomas Paines Common Sense
Thomas Paine's pamphlet "Common Sense": advocated independence for the american colonies from the British. In this book he put a new perspective on how England should not be taking over a whole continent.
