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Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts had multiple laws that supported this act. There was the Boston Port Act that closed down Boston Harbour due to unfair trading with other nations. The Massachusetts Charter was taken away and the town meetings were banned on prohibited. If there were to be any trials, they would be sent back to England for inspection. -
Quebec Act
The Quebec Act was passed in 1744 which involved at least 60,000 French citizens. The Quebec Act promised religious freedom and traditional customs (which meant no trial by jury or by a representative assembly). This act had provident boundaries which extended down to the Ohio River. Unfortunately, this act angered many Americans. They did not like the Catholics and there were already land speculators patroling the areas. Losing the trial and assembly would make even a bigger of a conflict. -
French and Indian War
The French and Indian War took place from 1754 to 1763. These nine grueling years of bloodshed took place at such battle spots like the Ohio Valley, Fort Duquesne, Fort Necessity, St. Lawrence River, and Montreal. The French had allied with the Iroquois (native Indians) to help destory the British forces. Samuel de Champlain had began these friendly relationship with the Iroquois, hence, the alliance of the French and the Indians. -
Proclamation of 1763
Proclamation of 1763 The Proclamation of 1763 removed ominous barriers and opened up a host of new opportunities for the colonists. Mainly, the Proclamation closed off the frontier to colonial expansion to help 'calm the fears of the Indians', as King George had stated. The proclamation also provided that all lands from the west and the heads of all the rivers were off limits to the colonists. This also excluded the rich Ohio Valley River and the territory to Mississippi. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was the first type of tax regulation being put on the colonists. Parliament taxed the colonists for the sugar importing in from the West Indies. Prime minister George Grenville strictly enforced these laws and said that the colonists are "simply paying their share of the cost of defending themselves". The Sugar Act led to colonial protests and eventually, the taxes were lowered. -
Stamp Act
Stamp Act Documentary
The Stamp Act's goal was to raise money for the new military forming in America. Therefore, all paper, cards, newspapers were to be taxed or at least have a "stamped" mark for others to recognize that you had paid taxes for the paper. It certified the payment of the taxes. this act had sevred to generations in Britain and they had to pay even more. -
Quartering Act
The main goal of the Quartering Act was to provide food and shelter for the British troops. When British troops are entering a society, they must be welcomed and given shelter to stay and food to eat while they are there. All citizens had to obey this law. -
Stamp Act Congress
The Stamp Act Congress had met in 1765 in New York City. This congress contained twenty seven delegates and nine colonies. During the meeting, all the delegates and colonies were stating their grievances towards the Stamp Act. This meeting caused a spark/splash in America and England. -
Declaratory Act
The Declaratory Act mainly emphazied Parliament's control and authority over the other colonies. -
Townshend Acts Repealed
On June 29, 1767, the Townshend acts were repealed because they were not producing enough revenue. There were also complaints from the colonists saying that taxing on simple every day usage of items were a complete waste. All taxes on items such as paper or paint (etc) were repealed except for tea. -
British Troops Occupy Boston
On October 21, 1768, two regiments of British troops landed in Boston. Enough was enough and the British knew that the state of Massachusetts were behaving drastically unruly and on top of that, they had smuggled. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was an unfortunate event in Boston, Massachusetts. On the fifth of March, 1770, ten 'red coats' (or British troop men) stood outside a royal palace to keep guard. Colonists formed a crowd and taunted the British men; throwing rocks and snowballs and even hitting one Brit with a club. Noticing that the colonists would not cease, the British opened fire and shot into the crowd. Eleven 'innocent' victims were hit. Six were shot to death and five were severely injured. -
Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts (mainly named after Charles Townshend), had gained power from the government to pass this. In this act, the government would be providinga small tax on such items like imported glass, lead, paper, paint, and who could forget, tea. Government needed the money to pay the royal salaries in America, but on the other hand, colonists ahd smuggled. -
Boston Tea Party
On December 17, 1773, a hoard of colonists agreed to boycot the Townshend Acts (the taxes on tea). The colonists were all disguised as Indians and as soon as they could, they rushed to the ship, grabbed ahold of the 342 chests of tea, and dumped them into the Boston Harbor. They believed that by throwing the chests into the harbor, they would be able to remove the taxes on tea. Instead, the outcome was very different. The Parliament was in full on rage. -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was held in Philadelphia in 1744. Initially, thirteen colonies were invited to attend the assembly but only twelve of the thirteen arrived. Georgia did not want to cooperate. At the congress, there were fifty five delegates, of whom there was Samuel Adams, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and George Washington. They had continued to meet for seven weeks to discuss about refusing to have independence, but most had wanted to reconcile. -
Battle of Concord
The Battle of Concord was a miraculous war, causing the British troops to retreat the way they came from. After a pathetic defeat at the Battle of Lexington, Americans were able to prepare for the war. They were able to defeat the British by slaughtering 70 'red coats' were killed. Over all, 230 people were injured during the war. -
Battle of Lexington
On April 19, 1775, the Battle of Lexington did not begin very well. British troops traveled into Lexington to seize the stored gunpowder. Lexington was known to have many weapons and gunpowder. After a pathetic attempt to fight against the 'red coats', the British exceled and were able to conquer Lexington, therefore, preparing to fight in Concord. -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was held on May 10, 1775. This time, all the colonies had banded together at the congress to muster up a plan to raise money for the military. The delegates were finally discussing more grievances of the issues that were occuring. The congress had chosen George Washington as leader of the army. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill (actually called Breed's Hill) was a British frontal attack that stood on a slope overlooking Boston. Bloodshed was donned everywhere until the militia's ammo ran out. After revealing to the Americans that they had run out of ammo, the British quickly retreated and were forced to abandon. This had led to a moral victory for the Americans. -
Thomas Paine's COMMON SENSE
"Commone Sense" by Thomas Paine was one of the most inspirational and best-selling book during the time period. In this famous book, Paine discusses about independence, republic assemblies, and how government officials should be derived of authority from the people. Paine basically said that the government officials should let the citizens of New England handle their problems their own way and that the officials should not be getting in any of the citizens' business.
