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Parliament passed these acts to regulate colonial trade and manufacturing. The acts were not really enforced.
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England defeated France and the Native Americans. British treasury drained. Colonists were to pay costs.
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Newspapers and pamphlets taxed. Colonists resented them as an attack on their rights.
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British soldiers shot at a crowd throwing stones and snowballs and killed five people.
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Tea imported from Britain was taxed.
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Colonists threw imported British tea into the harbor to protest the tax. Parliament then passed harsh laws as punishment.
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Laws passed by Parliament to punish Massachusetts.
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Representatives from 12 colonies gathered in Philadelphia. They discussed how to respond to Britain’s punishment on Massachusetts.
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War began. Colonists fought British Troops in Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts.
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The Congress met and set up a Continental Army with George Washington in command.
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Congress voted to declare independence from Britain. Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence.
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America beat the British. It was the first turning point in the war and persuaded France to join the Americans.
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Continental troops suffered from cold, hunger, and disease. Washington held the army together.
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Washington forced the surrender of a British army, causing the British war effort to crumble.
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The nation’s leaders created the Constitution of the United States.
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The leaders adopted the Constitution, It has remained in place for more than 200 years.
