American Revolution by Adalyn Moore

Boston Tea Party

mooreada — 2024-11-07 15:14:42 UTC

The Boston Tea Party was a political protest that occurred on December 16, 1773, at Griffin’s Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts.

The Stamp Act

mooreada — 2024-11-07 15:14:57 UTC

The British taxed the colonists paper products with stamps.

The Boston Massacre

mooreada — 2024-11-07 15:15:56 UTC

The Boston Massacre was a deadly riot that occurred on March 5, 1770, on King Street in Boston. The violent clash began with an argument that led to a riot outside of the Customs House

French and Indian War

mooreada — 2024-11-07 15:16:45 UTC

When France’s expansion into the Ohio River valley brought repeated conflict with the claims of the British colonies, a series of battles led to the official British declaration of war.

Intolerable Act

mooreada — 2024-11-07 15:33:55 UTC

It happened because of the Boston Tea Party because The Boston Tea Party pushed Britain's Parliament to assert its authority.

Townshend Act

mooreada — 2024-11-07 15:34:14 UTC

The Townshend Act happened to help pay the expenses involved in governing the American colonies which initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea.

First Continental Congress

mooreada — 2024-11-07 17:58:23 UTC

The First Continental Congress was prompted by the Coercive Acts. It's known in America as the Intolerable Acts. to reassert its dominance over the American colonies following the Boston Tea Party.

Townshend Acts

mooreada — 2024-11-07 17:58:43 UTC

Series of four acts passed in an attempt to assert its historic right to exert authority over the colonies through suspension of a assembly and through strict provisions.

Battles of Lexington and Concord

mooreada — 2024-11-07 17:59:02 UTC

tensions between the American colonies and British authorities had reached a boiling point. Frustrated by oppressive taxation and lack of representation, colonists across the thirteen colonies were growing increasingly restless and begain battles.

Cold War

mooreada — 2024-11-07 18:00:51 UTC

Following the defeat of the Axis powers, an ideological and political rivalry between the United States and the USSR gave way to the start of the Cold War.

Navigation Acts

mooreada — 2024-11-07 18:08:36 UTC

It was a series of laws designed to restrict England’s carrying trade to English ships.

The Coercive Acts

mooreada — 2024-11-07 18:13:21 UTC

It was a series of four laws passed to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party.