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French and Indian War
England wins control over France’s territory in New World. British debts led to heavy taxes on colonies. -
Proclamation of 1763
Colonists may not expand past Appalachian Mtns. -
Sugar Act
A law passed by the British Parliament in 1764 raising duties on foreign sugar imported by the colonies. -
Stamp Act
An act on american colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents. -
Quartering Act
Local government of the american colonies to provide the british soldiers. -
Townshend Act
A series of British acts passed beginning in 1767 and relating to the british American colonies. -
Boston Massacre
A riot from the resentment of Boston colonists toward british troops quartered in the city. -
Boston Tea Party
Boston colonists threw the contents of several hundred chests of tea into the harbor as protest. -
Tea Act
Act to reduce the massive amount of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company. -
Coercive Acts
Series of British measures designed to punish the massachusetts colonists for the boston tea party. -
First Continental Congress
A meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies to enforce the boycott in all colonies and also enforce the non-exportation of American goods to Britain. -
Second Continental Congress
A convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies to declare independence from Britain. -
Common Sense
A pamphlet about independence from England and the creation of democratic republic. -
Declaration of Independence
Formal statement declaring the freedom of the thirteen american colonies from Great Britain -
Shot Heard Around the World
A phrase from a poem and refers to the first shot of the American Revolution.
