Declaration of Independence

French and Indian War

Feb 15, 1763

Britian won the war, but went broke and had to start taxing the colonists.

Stamp Act

Jan 1, 1765

Tax on all paper products

Stamp Act Congress

Oct 25, 1765

Sent the Declaration of Rights and Grievances to England and repealed the Stamp Act.

Boston Massacre

Mar 5, 1770

Five colonist were killed throwing rocks and ice at British soldiers

Boston Tea Party

Dec 16, 1773

On the night of December 16, 1773, Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty boarded three ships in the Boston harbor and threw 342 chests of tea overboard.

Intolerable Acts

Jan 1, 1774

Punishment for the Boston Tea Party ie Quartering Act

First Continental Congress

Oct 6, 1774

Meet in reaction to the Intolerable Acts. It sent a petiton of rights to King George.

Lexinton and Concord

Apr 19, 1775

William Dawes and Paul Revere warned the minutemen that the British was coming. The Shot Heard Around the World.

Common Sense

Jun 1, 1776

Thomas Payne encouraged the colonist to break away from England.

Declaration of Independence

Jul 4, 1776

A New Nation was formed.