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The Mayflower lands at Plymouth Rock
In 1620 mayflower landed on plymouth rock which is also known today as provincetown it is also known as the first place william bradford and his pilgrims landed into the new world. -
Pennsylvania Becomes a Colony
Pennsylvania officially became a colony and the colony was named after William Penn's father.the colony was made with 16000 dollars. -
The French and Indian War
The french and indian war was 7 years long and the long war was for one reason a very good reason the reason is that the fought for a long time because the great britan and france both wanted colonial territory of north america -
The Sugar Act
The sugar act in 1764 was also known as the american revenue or known as the american duties act. It was a good way to earn revenue -
The Currency Act
The currency act is one of many things the British did. This act effectively impacted the control over the colonial currency system. This act stopped any issues with any new bills and existing currency. -
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. If the colonists didn’t pay, they were punished unfairly without a jury. The colonists hated this act. For them, it was an example of “taxation without representation -
the quartering 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. If the colonists didn’t pay, they were punished unfairly without a jury. The colonists hated this act. For them, it was an example of “taxation without representation -
The Townshend Revenue Act
The British wanted to raise revenue by taxing the North American colonies.The merchants in boston were a big part of the protest against this act. -
The Boston Massacre
The boston massacre took place in boston and it was an event where the soldiers shot people and multiple people died in this shooting, this happened because there was a small argument between the british colonies and the boston colonies. -
The Boston Tea Party
In Boston the American colonists met up because of their frustration of the tax revenue going up. When they met in boston they threw 342 chests of tea -
The First Continental Congress
The first continental congress was located in philadelphia on September 5, 1774 the main purpose was to allow the colonies to consult over the common dispute with England. Every single colony was there except for georgia. -
Patrick Henry’s “Give me Liberty or give me Death” speech
Patrick henrys give me liberty or give me death was a very famous speech that is how much he cared about liberty he would rather die than not have liberty in this world. He also prepared a fight against Britain because of American liberty. -
The Second Continental Congress
The second continental congress was a meeting between the 13 colonies in America. It happened to appoint government ambassadors, and issue paper currency. -
The Ride of Paul Revere
The ride of paul revere was very important; it was a poem but it was also a warning given to the colonists. The warning was about the great britain attacking them so the poem told the colonist to prepare for the fight -
George Washington named Commander in Chief
The people commissioned george washington to be commander in chief. The first thing he did as chief is to arrest people from the boston tea party and said "I will raise one thousand men, subsist them at my own expense and march myself at their head to the relief of Boston”