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Founding of the Colonies
a bunch of the colonist they wanted to start fresh, some came for religion, new land, they found this as an opportunity to make even more money. If there were no colonies, there would be no war and no history that shaped America. -
The French and Indian War Starts
The French and the British fought for land and power in the Northern half of America -
No Taxation Without Representation
this was what the colonist said when they were protesting because they were not being represented -
The French and Idian War Ends
The British won the war -
The Sugar Act
This was a law attempted to curb the smuggling of sugar and molasses in the colonies by reducing the previous tax rate and reforcing the collection of duties -
Currency Act
The currency act, in the New England colonies, passed by the British Parliament to “help regulate the issue and legal tender status of paper money in the colonial economy.” -
The Sons of Liberty
They were a group of colonist (rebels) who wanted to stop the law that were passed agaisnt the colonist. Some of the Famous people know in that group are Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, John Hancock, Patrick Henry, this was in the colonies. -
Quartering Act
In the colonies, there was a law passed to primarily aimed at the raising of revenue from the british colonies in america. The colonist had to house and feed the british whenever the british wanted. Thus meaning the british could go knocking on their door and they could go right into their house. -
Stamp Act
In the colonies, the british put taxes on the stamps, the stamp act -
The Boston Tea Party
Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty got onto 3 ships in the Boston Harbor and then they threw 342 chests of tea into the water. -
First Continental Congress
In Carpenter halls in Philadelphia, it was an meeting of representative from 12 or 13 colonies and it was a government meeting discussing the American Revolution. -
Intolerable Acts
were harsh laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774. They were meant to punish the American colonists for the Boston Tea Party and other protests. -
The Boston Blockade
“merchants wanted to simply pay for the tea and disband the Boston Committee of Correspondence, which had served to organize anti-British protests. The merchants’ attempt at convincing their neighbors to assuage the British failed. A town meeting called to discuss the matter voted them down by a substantial margin.” -
Paul Revere's "Ride"
Paul Revere ran around on a horse in Boston yelling that the British are coming to warn the colonists about the Red Coats -
Lexington and Concord
At Lexington, they were the first 2 battles of the revolutionary war -
Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense"
It was pamphlet to promote protest and encourage the colonies to fight to have a government from Britian. It was written to adcocate why the colonist should be sepreate from Britian
