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French and Indian War
french and indianaCompetition in America led to a war between the French and British. It was fought in the Ohio River Valley. The colonists supported the British and the Natives supported the French. -
Stamp act
stamp actThe Stamp Act was passed on February 17. It was made to raise revenue from the American Colonies by a tax in the form of a stamp. The Stamp Act was the first direct tax to be imposed on the American colonies. -
Townshend Acts
townshend actsBritain taxed certain colonial imports and stationed troops at major colonial ports to protect custom officers. Colonists protested "taxation without representation" and organized a new boycott of imported goods. -
Boston Massacre
boston massacreOn March 5, 1770 a mob gathered in front of the Boston Customs House and taunted the British soldiers standing gaurd there. Shots were fired and five colonists died. -
Tea Act
tea actBritain gave the East India Company special concenssions in the colonial tea business and shut out colonial tea merchants. Colonists rebeled and dumped 18,000 pounds of tea. -
Boston Tea Party
boston tea partyIn 1773, Lord North devised the Tea Act in order to save the British East India Company. The act granted the company the right to sell tea to the colonies free of the taxes that colonial tea sellers had to pay. On the night of December 16th 1773 a large group of Boston rebels disguised themselves as Native Americans and proceeded to take action against 3 British ships anchored in the harbor. The rebels dumped 18,000 of the tea into the harbor. -
Intolerable acts
intolerable actsIIn 1774 in response to the Boston tea party parliament responded by passing a series of measures that colonists called the Intolerable Acts. One law shut down the Boston harbor. -
1st and 2nd Continental Congress
1st and 2ndThe First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies that met on September 5 to October 26, 1774 at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia early in the American Revolution. In May 1775 colonial leaders called the Second Continental Congress to debate their next move. They appointed George Washington as the colonial militias commander. -
Lexington and Concord
lexington and concordThe first shots starting the revolution were fired at Lexington, Massachusetts. On April 18, 1775, British General Thomas Gage sent 700 soldiers to destroy guns and ammunition the colonists had stored in the town of Concord. The colonists had been expecting a fight with the British. They had organized a group of militia, called the Minutemen. Messengers went out and warned other minutemen and other minutemen showed up to help drive the british back. -
Publishing of Common Sense
common senseThomas Paine published a 50 page pamphlet called Common Sense. In it he attacked King George and the monarchy. Paine argued that responsibility for British tyranny lay with "the royal brute of Britain." Common sense sold nearly 500,000 copies.
