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Treaty of Paris
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Proclamation of 1763
England says its colonists cannot move west of the Appalachian Mountaions. Colonists mostly ignore the proclamation. -
Sugar Act
The augar act actually reduced the tax on molasses, but reienforced -
Stamp act
A tax on all paper produced in the colonies. Papers must have official stamp to prove they have paid the tax. -
Quatering Act
Under the act colonists must provide housing and supplies for British soldiers stationed in their colony -
Declatory Act
Repeals the Stamp Act, BUT it reaffirms England's ability to make laws to regulate the colonies -
Townshend Acts
Tax on paper, led, paint, glass, and tea. These taxes are for the sole purpose of generating revenue for England -
Boston Massacre
Colonists gather and taunt British soldiers an altercation takes place and a British soldier fires. Sons of liberty use event to incite colonists against England -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was the killing of five colonists by British regulars. -
Tea Act
An act to allow a drawback of the duties of customs on the exportation of tea to any of his Majesty's colonies or plantations in America; to increase the deposit on bohea tea to be sold at the India Company's sales; and to impower the commissioners of the treasury to grant licences to the East India Company to export tea duty-free -
Boston Tea Party
Reaction to Tea act, Sons of Liberty climb aboard British tea ship and dumb the modern equivalent of 4 million dollars worth of tea in Boston Harbor -
Interable Acts
Responce to bosotn Tea Party. Closed port of Boston until tea was paid for. Took away Massachusetts right to self govern -
1st Continental Congress
12 of the 13 colonies send representatives to gather and discuss the Intolerable Acts. 1st time the colonies came together, like a government to act together -
Lexington and Concord
kicked off the American Revolutionary War (1775-83). Tensions had been building for many years between residents of the 13 American colonies and the British authorities, particularly in Massachusetts. On the night of April 18, 1775, hundreds of British troops marched from Boston to nearby Concord in order to seize an arms cache -
Battle of Bunker Hill
the British defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill in Massachusetts. Despite their loss, the inexperienced colonial forces inflicted significant casualties against the enemy, and the battle provided them with an important confidence boost. Although commonly referred to as the Battle of Bunker Hill, most of the fighting occurred on nearby Breed’s Hill. -
Olive Branch Petition
ohn Dickinson drafted the Olive Branch Petition, which was adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 5 and submitted to King George on July 8, 1775. It was an attempt to assert the rights of the colonists while maintaining their loyalty to the British crown. King George refused to read the petition and on August 23 proclaimed that the colonists had "proceeded to open and avowed rebellion." -
Common sense
Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet "Common Sense," setting forth his arguments in favor of American independence. -
Declaration of Independence
A five-man committee including Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and Benjamin Franklin was tasked with drafting a formal statement of the colonies’ intentions. The Congress formally adopted the Declaration of Independence–written largely by Jefferson–in Philadelphia on July 4, a date now celebrated as the birth of American independence. -
Battle of Princeton/ Trenton
In the Battle of Trenton (December 26), Washington defeated a formidable garrison of Hessian mercenaries before withdrawing. A week later he returned to Trenton to lure British forces south, then executed a daring night march to capture Princeton on January 3. The victories reasserted American control of much of New Jersey and greatly improved the morale and unity of the colonial army and militias.