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French and Indian war
The French and Indians went to war with the British over territory -
treaty of Paris 1763
The Seven Years War was ended with the treaty of Paris 1763 -
Proclamation line of 1763
After Great Britain acquired the French territory in North America, King George issued the Proclamation line of 1763, which forbids any settlement past a drawn line -
Sugar Act
Parliament passed a sugar act with required colonial merchants to pay a 6 pence tax per gallon of molasses -
Stamp act
Another act of Parliament that required printed materials to be printed on stamp paper and carry a revenue stamp -
Declaratory act
Declaration by the British Parliament that stated that the Parliament's taxing authority was the same as in America. -
Townshend revenue act
Designed to collect revenue from colonists. -
Boston Massacre
British soldiers fired into a mob and left 5 people dead -
the tea act
Final act from the British Parliament that put a tax on the sale of tea -
Boston tea party
Sam Adams and his crew boarded three ships and threw 342 chests of tea overboard -
Quartering act of 1774
The quartering act allowed British soldiers to be given food and shelter -
Intolerable acts
Laws meant to punish Massachusetts colonists -
first continental congress
A meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies -
Patrick Henry’s “Give Me Liberty or Give Me death” speech
Patrick Henry made a speech to the Second Virginia Convention -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
First engagements of the revolutionary war -
Olive branch petition
An attempt to assert the rights of the colonists -
Second Continental Congress
convention of delegates from the 13 colonies that formed in Philadelphia -
George Washington named Commander in Chief
George Washington was named commander in chief of the continental army -
Thomas Paine writes “Common Sense”
A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that advocates the independence from Great Britain to the thirteen colonies. -
Declaration of Independence
The statement adopted by the Second Continental congress
