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American Revolution

By RoughlySixOwls

  • Pontiac’s War

    Pontiac’s War
    Pontiac’s War, or Pontiac’s Rebellion, refers to how the Ottawa chief Pontiac sent his Native American Warriors to attack the British. Pontiac, along with a force from nearly every tribe in Lake Superior, wanted to wipe out the British forces that were now invading their home.

  • The Sugar Act

    The Sugar Act
    The Sugar Act, or the American Revenue Act, was passed by the British Parliament in 1764. This required colonial merchants to pay a tax of six pence per gallon on imported molasses.

  • The Stamp Act

    The Stamp Act
    The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament and required all Colonists to pay tax on all printed paper that they used. This included everything from legal documents to playing cards.

  • The Boston Massacre

    The Boston Massacre
    The Boston Massacre refers to the death of colonists, killed by British soldiers, in 1770.

  • The Gaspee Affair

    The Gaspee Affair
    The Gaspee Affair refers to when members of the Sons of Liberty had boarded and burned the schooner HMS Gaspee.

  • The Tea Act

    The Tea Act
    The Tea Act, passed by the British Parliament, was written to support the East India Company, whom needed to sell eighteen million pounds of tea. The British wanted to sell it to the Colonists, but they were convinced that this was intended to harm the local merchants who would be undercutted in the process.

  • The Boston Tea Party

    The Boston Tea Party
    The Boston Tea Party refers to when the Colonists, more specifically Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty, threw 342 chests of tea overboard into the Boston Harbor.

  • The Intolerable Acts

    The Intolerable Acts
    The Intolerable Acts was the name that the Colonists had given to a new series of laws that the British Parliament had passed after the Boston Tea Party. These laws were meant to punish colonists for their acts of defiance against the British.

  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress
    The First Continental Congress met in Carpenter’s Hall, located in Philadelphia. Delegates from nearly all colonies gathered to discuss plans against the British.

  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence
    The Colonists signed the Declaration of Independence, which had officially freed them from the ties of King George - allowing them to become their own separate country.