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The Stamp Act
The stamp Act
The Stamp Actof 1765 was the first internsl tax leived directly on American colonists by the Bristish goverment -
Taxation Leads To Protests
Many colonists boyctted good.As a result,the stamp act was repealed in 1766 -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston MassarceThe Boston Masscare occurred on March 5 ,1770.A squad of British soilders , come to support a sentury who was being pressed by a hecking < snowballing crowd ,let loose a volley of shoots.Three person were killed immediately and two died later of their wounds , amoung the victims was Crispus Attucks ,a man of black or Indian perchange. -
July 4th
Variously known as the Fourth of July and Independence Day, July 4th has been a federal holiday in the United States since 1941, but the tradition of Independence Day celebrations goes back to the 18th century and the American Revolution (1775-83). In June 1776, representatives of the 13 colonies then fighting in the revolutionary struggle wei -
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party of December 16 ,1773 toook place when a group of massachusetts Partriots protecting the monopoly on American tea imprortation recently granted by parliment to the east India company,sezed 342 chests of tea in a midnight raid on three tea ships and threw them into the harbor -
War
In the War of 1812, the United States took on the greatest naval power in the world, Great Britain, in a conflict that would have an immense impact on the young country's future. Causes of the war included British attempts to restrict U.S. trade, the Royal Navy's impressment of American seamen and America's desire to expand its territory. The United States suffered many costly defeats at the hands of British, -
Battle of Sarattoga
fought 18 days apart in the fall of 1777 , the two Battles of Saratoga were a turning point in the American Revolution. On September 19th, British General John Burgoyne achieved a small, but costly victory over American forces led by Horatio Gates and Benedict Arnold. -
Bil of rights
The American Revolution (1775-83) is also known as the American Revolutionary War and the U.S. War of Independence. The conflict arose from growing tensions between residents of Great Britain's 13 North American colonies and the colonial government, which represented the British crown. Skirmishes between British troops and colonial militiamen in Lexington and Concord in April 1775 kicked off the armed conflict, and by the following summer, the rebels were waging a full-scale war for their indepe -
The American Civil War
In the spring of 1861, decades of simmering tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including states' rights versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War (1861-65). The election of the anti-slavery Republican Abraham Lincoln as president in 1860 caused seven southern states to secede from the Union to form the Confederate States of America; four more joined them after the first shots of the Civil War were fired. Four y -
Protests
Some angry colonists bega calling thernselves partriots.One night in 177o,a fight led brititsh soldiers to fire intoa grou of colonists armed with clubs.Five colonists were killed in what colnists called "THE BOSTON MASACRE".
