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French and Indian War
The French and Indian War was essentially the beginning of open hostilities between the 13 colonies and Great Britain. the harsh war nearly destroyed the English gov't, though they were victorious. Took place for Seven years. -
Proclamation of 1763
This document closed most of the colonist's anticipations for expanding West after the French ceded from the area. This increased unhappiness between the colonies and Gr. Britain. -
The Currency Act
Parliament passed the Currency Act, effectively assuming control of the colonial currency system. The act prohibited the issue of any new bills and the reissue of existing currency. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was Parliament's first serious attempt to assert governmental authority over the colonies. English citizens in Britain were taxed at a rate that created a serious threat of revolt. -
The Declaratory Act
An act for the better securing the dependency of his Majesty's dominions in America upon the crown and parliament of Great Britain. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770, between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers -
The Tea Act
The act was not intended to raise revenue in the American colonies, and in fact imposed no new taxes. It was designed to prop up the East India Company which was floundering financially and burdened with eighteen million pounds of unsold tea. This tea was to be shipped directly to the colonies, and sold at a bargain price. The Townshend Duties were still in place, however, and the radical leaders in America found reason to believe that this act was a maneuver to buy popular support for the taxes -
The Boston Tea Party
Colonists dressed up as mohawk indians and dumped the tea being shipped into Boston into the harbor. -
Patrick Henry: "Give me Liberty or give me death..." Speech
The name Patrick Henry, during the revolution and for some time after, was synonymous with that word in the minds of colonists and Empire alike. Henry's reputation as a passionate and fiery orator exceeded even that of Samuel Adams. His Stamp Act Resolutions were, arguably, the first shot fired in the Revolutionary War. -
The signing of The Declaration of Independence
Was the first, real declaration openly that the colonies were not going to stand under Gr. Britain's rule any longer. Some would say it was the first declaration of the Revolutionary War
