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The proclomation of 1763
King George III issued a proclamation that forbade colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains. In so doing, he hoped to placate Native Americans who had sided against him during the recently concluded Seven Years' War. -
The stamp Act
The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. Ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications -
Boston massacre
it was the killing of five colonist by britan. It was the culmination of tensions in the American colonies that had been growing since Royal troops first appeared in Massachusetts in October 1768 to enforce the heavy tax burden imposed by the Townshend Acts. -
boston tea party
Was a political protest by the sons of liberty in boston. The demonstrators some disguised as american indians, destryoed an intire shipment of tea, in deiance of the tea act of may 10, 1773. -
salutary Neglect
is an American history term that refers to an unofficial and long-lasting 17th- & 18th-century British policy of avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws, meant to keep the American colonies obedient to England. -
The bettle at lexington and concord
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The signing of the declaration of independence
On July 1, 1776, the Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia, and on the following day 12 of the 13 colonies voted in favor of Richard Henry Lee's motion for independence. -
States pass the articles of confederation
The Articles created a loose confederation of sovereign states and a weak central government, leaving most of the power with the state governments. -
Surrender at yorktown
the British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered his troops in Yorktown, Virginia. -
Treaty of paris
Congress ratified preliminary articles of peace ending the Revolutionary War with Great Britain on April 15, 1783. On September 3, 1783, the Treaty of Paris was signed, bringing the Revolutionary War to its final conclusion.
