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The French and Indian War
The French and Indian war started due to the British and French arguing over the land that laid west of the colonies. Despite a rough start the British eventually won, wining them a large sum of land. -
Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was issued by King George the 3rd. The document stated that none of the colonists could settle west of the Appalachian Mountains. The colonists, however, decided to settle west anyway. This is one of the major factors in the American revolution. -
Sugar act
The Sugar Act was one of six total acts passed by British Parliament and imposed on the colonies to help pay for the French and Indian war. The tax was also put in place to help stop the colonists importing sugar from rival countries such as France or Spain. This stirred even more rebellious feelings in the colonists. -
Stamp act
The stamp act was another tax imposed on the colonists by the British. This tax involved charging for the placement of a stamp on various papers that came from the British government. Such documents involved were; ship papers, marriage or birth certificates, newspapers, and even playing cards were taxed. -
Quartering Act
This act allowed British soldiers (Red coats) to stay in the houses of colonists or stay inside of inns if the barracks were full. The only reason the red coats were in the Americas in the first place was because the British government did not believe the American militia was well suited for war and skirmishes. Having military members in the house of the colonists caused tension and bitter feelings to submerge among the colonists. -
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Townshend Act
The British passed this act in order to attempt to gain power over the American colonists by placing taxes on imported British good such as lead, paper, print, glass, and tea. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a small skirmish between American colonists and British red coats that resulted in the killing of five men, it is unsure who started the fight but this was another major turning point that led to the American revolution. (Tensions were already high due to all the acts passed.) -
Committees of Correspondence
This was just for the people to get together and organize their plans to see what they would do next. -
Tea Act
The tea act explains it's self, the British actually lowered the price on only certain types of tea. The tax was imposed to help the faltering tea trade in East India. -
Boston Tea Party
A group, widely known as The Sons of Liberty, suck onto a cargo ship dressed as American Indians and threw crates of tea over the ship into the sea. They caused 9,659 pounds of damage. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable acts were acts passed by the British government to punish the American colonists for their acts of rebellion such as the Boston Tea party and other protests. The Intolerable acts were the final steps that led to was between Britain and American colonists. -
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First Continental Congress
The thirteen colonies met after the initial battle of the American revolution and came together to make a plan t get around Britain's law. -
Lexington and Concord
This is the first battle of the American revolution. This was caused by years of tension build up from all the acts and wars that the British were in. -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress came together to elect new members for the Congress. -
Common Sense
Thomas Paine wrote this pamphlet to make people understand why they needed to rebel against the unfair treatment of Britain. He wrote this after all the acts and taxes that the British government passed. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was written to show what the colonies were going to do differently from Britain and wrote that they would be structured to be Democracy. This is still the basic layout for the U.S Constitution which we still refer to today.