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End of the French and Indian war
The French and Indian war ended and the national debt Great Britain had made them believe that Americans should help pay, and this lead to the stamp act and sugar act. -
Sugar act
A revenue raising act to reduce earlier Molasses tax rates in hope that Britain will be able to collect more effective taxes -
The Stamp Act
After the Sugar Act the Stamp Act was passed by Britain with the idea that any products that need to be printed by the colonies should be printed on Stamped paper produced in London with a revenue stamp. This Act was passed wight he same intentions of the Sugar Act to cover the costs of the French and Indian war. -
Stamp Act Repeal
With the outrage of the American colonists the parliament voted in order to Repeal the Stamp act which only caused more problems between Britain and America and on march 17th, 1766 King George III approves the repeal on the Stamp Act. -
Declaratory Act
Shortly after the Stamp Act repeal the Declaratory acts came into play. These acts made it possible for parliament to have power over the American Colonies and make laws that they have to follow. -
Townshend Acts
Acts made against glass, lead, paints, papers, and tea imported to the colonies. The Americans saw it as an abuse on power which lead to an agreement on the limits of imports from Britain.This ended the tax on everything but tea which lead to an agreement between both sides. -
Boston Massacre
An incident that happened on king street where british soldiers killed 5 men and injured 6 more -
Boston Tea party
An act against the British tea suppliers from the American Colonist to get rid of the Tax on tea by dumping all the Tea in the Boston Harbor -
Intolerable acts
A term created for a series of laws passed by parliament to punish Massachusetts colonists for their act on the British tea suppliers in 1774 -
First continental congress
A meeting of twelve of the thirteen colonies to oppose against the British Intolerable acts passed against Massachusetts -
Paul Revere
Paul Revere lit two lantern to show the British have made their way across the Charles River in Old Church Steeple -
Battles at Lexington and Concord
The battles at Lexington and Concord were the first battles in the American Revolution n Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord. The battles marked the outbreak of open armed conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen of its colonies on the mainland of British America.
