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navigation acts
the navigation acts were laws passed by England to maintain control over colonial trade.the acts made colonist buy English goods and limited trade between the colonies and other countries. -
sugar act
the sugar act was a revenue-raising act passed by the Parliament of Great Britain. thats why they lowed the price so people would buy it and also so they wouldn't smuggle goods -
Writs of assistance
a writ of assistance is used to enforce an order for the possession of lands., writs of assistance were first authorized by an act of the English Parliament in 1660. that meant the solider could check for smuggled goods. -
treaty of paris
the document that ended the war between British and the french that was fought over the Ohio river valley.this treaty ended french power in america and expanded British territory. -
Proclamation of 1763
it was issued by King George III which prohibited American colonists from settling west of Appalachia. it was end of french and Indian war. -
Stamp act
the British weren't making enough money to pay the french and Indian war.So they took colonist money which caused the stamp act it required all colonist to purchase stamps and stamp marks from England on every piece of legal paper and printed papers. -
Quartering act
the British met and finally passed a Quartering Act for the Americans.it stated that solders could go into anyone's home and whomever house they went to that person had to care for them give them food shelter. -
Stamp act congress
It was the First Congress of the American Colonies, was a meeting it was the first gathering of elected representatives from several of the American colonies. -
Townshend act
the Townsend act was a series of events that the British Acts of Parliament passed during 1767 and 1768 and relating to the British in North America. it was also named after Charles Townshend -
Boston massacre
the Boston massacre was when the people then the people attacked the solider and then the solider used self defense and hit the colonist which caused commotion and people were injured and some died then the sons of liberty used it as a way to use propaganda. -
Coercive acts
The Coercive Acts are names used to describe the laws relating to Britain's colonies in North America and passed by the British Parliament in 1774. The laws were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest -
Boston tea act
the Boston tea act that granted the British East India Company Tea a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies. ... Along with tea, the Townsend Revenue Act also taxed glass, lead, oil, paint, and paper -
Tea act
the tea act was the last straw in unpopular policies and taxes imposed by Britain on their American colonies.They ignited a “powder keg” of opposition and resentment among American colonists and was the Boston Tea Party. -
First continental congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies who met from September 5 to October 26, 1774, at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. -
second continental congress
The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the spring of 1775 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. -
Battles of lexington and concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American war. -
Battle of bunker hill
the battle on bunker hill was won by the militia because Washington surrounded the enemy with cannons and made them retreat or else he would destroy them. so the British had no other choice but to retreat but Washington just barely they were low on ammo. -
Olive branch petition
The Olive Branch Petition was a final attempt by the colonists to avoid going to war with Britain during the American Revolution. they were trying to avoid war and try to talk it out with the king III.but the king refused -
Common sense
Common Sense is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine.Paine marshaled moral and political arguments to encourage common people in the Colonies to fight. -
Declaratory act
the declaratory act was a declaration by the British Parliament that accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act.It stated that the British Parliament's taxing authority was the same in America as in Great Britain.