Credo Resource Guide American History: American Revolution

Raising of money from individuals and organizations by the state in order to pay for the goods and services it provides MORE

Revenue law passed by the British Parliament during the ministry of George Grenville MORE

From The Reader's Companion to American History
The Townshend Acts were a series of measures introduced
into Parliament by Chancellor of the Exchequer Charles Townshend in 1767.
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Full and formal declaration adopted July 4, 1776, by representatives of the Thirteen Colonies in North America announcing the separation of those colonies from Great Britain and making them into the United States MORE

A riot on 5 March 1770, arising from the resentment of Boston citizens against British troops quartered in the city MORE

American patriots, disguised as Mohawks, dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor on December 16, 1773, in protest against the British Tea Act. MORE

First skirmish of the American Revolution MORE