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Proclammation of 1763
The Proclammation of 1763 was created, by Britain, to ease tensions and relations with Native Americans after the French and Indian War. It stated and forbid Americans to pass west of the Appalachian Mountains,south of the Hudson bay to Florida. -
Sugar Act of 1764
The Sugar Act was passed by the British Parliament in 1764. It placed a tax of three cents on sugar that was bought by the American colonists.The British created this act because they piled on debt during the French Indian war, and to pay it off they decided to tax the colonist.It also added tax on molasess to stop the colonists from smuggling it in. -
Quartering Act of 1765
The Quartering Act of 1765 was Parliament's way of requiring colonial legislatures to provide supplies and quarters for troops stationed in America. -
Stamp Act of 1765
The Stamp Act was created by the British in order to raise funds to pay for their military. It put taxes on news papers, pamphlets, legal documents, dice and playing cards. It was parliaments first direct tax on the colonies. -
Stamp Act Congress
The Stamp Act congress was the first intercolonial meeting where colonists gathered to discuss a plan of action against the Parliament. -
Declaratory Act of 1766
The British made a declaration repealing the Stamp Act. However, it stated that Parliament's authority was the same in America as in Britain. It also said Parliament has authority to make laws biding to the American colonies. -
Townshend Acts of 1767
The Townshend Acts of 1767, were made by Charles Townshend and passed by the English Parliament soon after the repeal of the Stamp Act. They were created to collect money from the colonists in America by putting taxes on imports of glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea. -
Boston Massacre of 1770
The Boston Masscare was an incident in which some colonists started to rebel and British soldiers went to stop it. The colonists didn't like it so they threw snowballs with rocks in them at the British troops. A British soldier was then told to fire his musket. People say there were 11 guns fired that day but only 5 men were killed. The first man killed was an African American. The British troops started a war against the rebels. -
Tea Act of 1773
The Tea act enforced the townshend tarrifs, or taxes. It was an attempt to save the east Indian tea company. The Tea Act was the final straw to the launching of the revolution in Boston. -
Boston Tea Party
The occasion when a group of Massachusetts Patriots, proteseting the recent taxes on tea, created by Parliament,seized 342 chests of tea in a midnight raid on three tea ships and threw them into the harbor. -
Coercive Acts
The Coercive Acts, also known as the Intolerable Acts or the Restraining Acts were a combination of the Boston Port Act, Quartering Act, Admin of Justice Act, and the Massachusetts Act. The act urged colonies to assemble the first continental congress. -
1st Continental Congress
The 1st Continental congress was a meeting held in Philadelphia, were representatives from each colony, except Georgia, gathering to discuss their oppinion on the British Intolerable Acts.They met to discuss their relationship with Britain, and how to push their rights with the British government too. They wanted to appear as united colonies. The purpose of the First Continental Congress was not to seek independence from Britain. -
Quebec Act of 1774
The Quebec Act of 1774 was passed by the British parliament and mandated a permanent administration in Canada in leiu of the temporary one created after the Proclammation Act. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The first shots of the revolution were shot in Lexington, Massachusetts. This was a result of the British General Thomas Gage sending 700 soldiers to destroy guns and ammunition the colonists had stored in the town of Concord, just outside of Boston. They also planned to arrest Samuel Adams and John Hancock, two of the key leaders of the patriot movement. -
2nd Continental Congress
During this assembly meeting, deleagtates of the 13 colonies gathered in Philadelphia. New members such as John Hancock from Massahcusetts, Thomas Jefferson from Virginia and Ben Franklin from Pennsylvannia were present too. The Second Continental Congress established the militia as the Continental Army to represent the thirteen states. They also elected George Washington as Commander in Chief of the Continental Army. -
The Olive Branch Petition
The Olive Branch Petition was the Americans last try at making things peaceful, by extending an olive branch.Congress drafted the Olive Branch Petition. It outlined their issues and asked the British government to respond and deal with them. King George III of England refused to accept the petition. He believed the Americans to be in rebellion, and believed he could quickly end it with his military force. -
The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is a paper which said that the United States is a country not ruled by Great Britain. American people wrote the Declaration.
