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the navigation act
-laws being passed that impose restricting colonial trades
-this act made the hostiles of the american colonist upset -
Province of Massachusetts Bay
The Province of Massachusetts Bay was a crown colony in British North America and one of the thirteen original states of the United States from 1776. It was chartered on October 7, 1691 by William III and Mary II, the joint monarchs of the kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland. -
the currency act
-prohibited new bills
-Americans were increasing more tension between Britain and America. -
the sugar act
-passed tax on sugar, coffee and molasses
-to repay way debt
-this also involved smuggling activities -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act of 1765 required the colonies to house British soldiers in barracks provided by the colonies. If the barracks were too small to house all the soldiers, then localities were to accommodate the soldiers in local inns, livery stables, ale houses, victualling houses. -
the stamp act
- tax was imposed on all american colonists and required them to pay tax on every piece of paper they used -led to people paying the government
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Virginia Resolutions
asserting the right that only Virginia has the right to tax itself. The House of Burgesses adopts some of his less radical statements including the right to self-government. -
the declaratory act
-this let the British parliament have the right to make decisions for the colonies
-it accompanied the stamp act -
the townshend act
New taxes on imports of paper, paint, lead, glass, and tea.
They placed new taxes and took away some freedoms from the colonists
The Townshend Acts were a series of laws passed by the British government on the American colonies -
the Boston massacre
-colonists threatened British soldiers guarding a customs house
-soldiers were shot at by a mod (5 were killed) -
the boston tea party
-this act occurred in Massachusetts
-a protest by the sons of liberty
-the sons of liberty dressed up as Indians and boarded a ship with tea and destroyed 45 tons of tea -
the intolerable acts
- laws were passed in Massachusetts to punish colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest -closed Boston until all tea was paid
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Battles of Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. The battles were fought on April 19, 1775 in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy, and Cambridge. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill was fought on June 17, 1775, during the Siege of Boston in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War. The battle is named after Bunker Hill in Charlestown, Massachusetts, which was peripherally involved in the battle -
Battle Of Princeton
The Battle of Princeton was a battle of the American Revolutionary War, fought near Princeton, New Jersey on January 3, 1777. Lord General Charles Cornwallis had left 1,400 British troops under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Charles Mawhood in Princeton. Following a surprise attack at Trenton early in the morning of December 26, 1776, General George Washington of the Continental Army decided to attack the British in New Jersey before entering winter quarters
