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The Great Awakening
The Great Awakening was a religious revival that impacted the English colonies in America during the 1730s and 1740s. It put greater importance on the individual and his or her spiritual experience. It also helped prepare for the American Revolution. The Great Awakening helped American colonists share a common vision of freedom from British control. -
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Acts the British Passed
Acts the British passed on Colonial America: The Molasses Act (1733), Currency Act (1751), Sugar Act (1764), Stamp Act (1765), Quartering Act (1765), Declaratory Act (1766), Townshend Acts (1767), Tea Act (1773), and the Intolerable Acts (1774). These acts kept raising the tension between Britain and America. The attempts by Britain to tax its North American colonists in the late 1700s led to arguments, war, the expulsion of British rule and the creation of a new nation. -
Zenger Trial
Zenger was brought to trial on charges of printing false and seditious statements about colonial officials. The Zenger decision was a banner achievement for freedom of the press and for the health of democracy. His case established truth as a defense for libel and made Zenger a symbol of the freedom of the press. Also helped revolutionary ideas spread. -
Seven Years' War (French and Indian War)
The French and Indian War was a conflict between Britain and France over New World territory between the years 1754–1763. It helped bring about the American Revolution. The results of the war effectively ended French political and cultural influence in North America. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a raid that took place in the Boston Harbor in 1773 during which American colonists dumped shiploads of tea into the water to protest a British tax on tea. This event was important because it fueled the tension that had already begun between Britain and America. It fueled the fire of patriotism in the Americans. -
Lexington and Concord
Lexington and Concord was the first battle of the Revolutionary War, fought in Massachusetts on April 19, 1775. It was significant because the British and American troops finally began killing each other, bringing about a psychological and political shift in how the respective parties perceived each other. This was the start of the American Revolution; the Americans had pushed back the British giving them the courage to continue to unite and fight.
