American Revolution

American Revolution

1. The Stamp Act

   • March, 1765
     • The Stamp Act imposed a direct tax on the colonists. Specifically, legal documents must bear a tax stamp.

2. The Boston Massacre

   • March 1770
     • The Boston Massacre was a confrontation in which British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob in Boston.

3. The Boston Tea Party

   • December, 1773
     • The Boston Tea Party was an American political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts.

4. The Coercive Acts

   • March-June, 1774
     • The Coercive Acts were a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party.

5. Lexington and Concod

   • April, 1775
     • The battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.