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America in the Making
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Proclamation of 1763
King George III forbade settlers from passing an invisible boundry in the Appalachian Mountains. It was created so the Native Americans could keep their land and keep the peace. -
Sugar Act of 1764
The British reestablished an act that put a tax on sugar, molassas etc. They cut the tax on each item in half so colonists would actually follow the law. -
Stamp Act of 1765
The British passed a law in which any printed materials in the American colonies have a tax on them. The money collected was used to pay costs of defending the colonists' land. -
Quartering act of 1765
A law that parliment passed that said every soldier in America had the right to stay in a colonist's house. There were more soldiers than colonists, so soilders also had to stay at local shops and buildings. -
Stamp Act of Congress
A meeting in which representitives from each colony came together to decide what to do about the Stamp Act. The colonists did not have a direct representation in the Parliment which decided on new laws, and they were angry. -
Declaration Act of 1766
The British passed a law in which any British authority can make and pass a law in the colonies. -
Townshed Acts of 1767
Charles Townshed created a group of acts now know as the Townshed Acts. These acts include the Revenue Act of 1767, the Indemnity Act, the Commissioners of Customs Act, the Vice Admiralty Court Act, and the New York Restraining Act. They were created to raise salaries of judges and government officials in the colonies. -
Boston Massacre
The killing of five colonists when they began to riot against British officials in a small street. The colonists were strongly irritated by the British officials that came to America to enforce the new laws the British had created. -
Tea Act of 1773
A Birtish law that allowed a drawback of the duties on the exportation on tea. This was the last straw for the colonists, who were already very anrgy. -
Boston Tea Party
A group of patriots found 342 chests of tea and threw them into the Boston Harbor The Biritsh responded by closing the harbor and ports. -
Coercive Acts
A group of acts the British imposed on the colonists which included, The Boston Port Act, which closed the port of Boston until damages from the Boston Tea Party were paid.
The Massachusetts Government Act, which restricted Massachusetts; democratic town meetings and turned the governor's council into an appointed body.
The Administration of Justice Act, which made British officials immune to criminal prosecution in Massachusetts, and the Quartering Act (see in timeline). -
1st Continental Congress
All colonies sent representitives, elected by the people, except Georgia, to a meeting in Carpenter's Hall, located in Philadelphia. They wanted to come to a decision on how they feel about the British as a whole, whether or not to declare war on the British. -
Quebec Act of 1774
An act passed by the British that instituted a permanent administration in Canada. This was formed to replace the Proclamation of 1763 -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The British soilders against American colonists. They fought in Lexington and Concord, while there were 60 colonists against hundreds beyond hundreds of British soilders. -
2nd Continental Congress
The second meeting of all elected representatives of each colony not including Georgia, once again. They were beginning to think about war and how they could defeat the British. -
Olive Branch Petition
It was a letter of reconciliation to the British King, written by Thomas Jefferson, and altered by John Dickinson. It was accepted by congress and approved. -
Declaration of Independence!!!!!!!!!(:
Drafted by Thomas Jefferson, a piece of paper that declared independence of the colonies from the British. It is the most cherished symbol of liberty up until today. It had many flaws of the British king that showed that he had done wrong while creating his colonies, and it broke off the ties that the British had on the American colonies.
