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Proclamation of 1763
The British government passed the Proclamation of 1763 in the 13 colonies to end conflicts between American Indians and colonial settlers after the French and Indian War. We chose this event bc it prohibited American settlers from moving west to Mississippi. King Gorge ||| created it so that the newly acquired land from the French and Indian war could be organized and to prevent outbreaks of violence with the native Americans living there -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was the first tax on the American colonies imposed by the British Parliament. The purpose was to raise revenue through the colonial customs service and to give customs agents more power and latitude with respect to executing seizures and enforcing customs law. We chose this event because it was the first tax on the American colonies and it was mainly about the manufacture of rum which was a highly lucrative product. -
Stamp Act
Passed by the British Parliament. The new tax was imposed 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. We chose this event because the money collected by the Stamp Act were used to help pay the costs of defending and protecting the American frontier near the Appalachian Mountains -
Quartering Act
Passed by the British Parliament, which made it mandatory for the provincial assemblies in America to provide housing and food to the British troops stationed in their respective colonies. the act was one of two quartering Acts, the other of which was passed in 1774. We chose this event because American colonists resented and opposed, not because it meant they had to house British soldiers in their homes, but because they were being taxed to pay for provisions and barracks for the army -
Sons of Liberty
A well-organized Patriot paramilitary political organization shrouded in secrecy, was established to undermine British rule in colonial America and was influential in organizing and carrying out the Boston Tea Party. We chose this event because it was organized by some famous colonialists such as John Adams starting about 1765 throughout all of the 13 colonies for the purpose of resisting some british law such as the stamp act. -
Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts of 1767 was a series of laws that set new import taxes on British goods including paint, paper, lead, glass and tea and used revenues to maintain British troops in America and to pay the salaries of some Royal officials who were appointed to work in the American colonies. We chose this event because they were another example of new taxes levied by the British government in an attempt to raise money to help offset the cost of running the colonies -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was the killing of 5 colonists by British regular. 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 We chose this event because it was an important event in American history, it united the colonists against Britain, which eventually lead to the Revolutionary War. -
Boston Tea Party
342 chests of tea belonging to the British East India Company were thrown from ships into Boston Harbor by American patriots disguised as Mohawk Indians. The Americans were protesting both a tax on tea (taxation without representation) and the perceived monopoly of the East India Company. This event was important because it fueled the tension that had already begun between Britain and America. This growing tension is what ultimately led to the Revolutionary War. -
Intolerable acts
the Intolerable acts were harsh laws that were passed by the British Parliament in 1774. They were meant to punish the American colonists for the Boston Tea Party and other protests. We chose this event because they were a wake up call for the colonies. the act included the closing of Boston harbor and they took over of all governmental activities by England. -
1st continental congress
A meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies who met from September 5 to October 26, 1774 at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania early in the American Revolution. We chose this event because they served as the first government of the 13th American colonies/later the United States -
2nd Continental Congress
Managed the Colonial war effort and moved incrementally towards independence, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. We chose this event because they managed the colonial war effort, and moved incrementally towards independence, adopting the United States declaration of independence on July 4th, 1776. -
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. We chose this event because it was an important battle even though it was fought over a year before the revolutionary war began. it sent a strong message to both the British and the colonists what the upcoming revolutionary war would be like. -
Common Sense
Common Sense was written by Thomas Paine in 1775–76 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. Written in clear and persuasive prose, Paine marshaled moral and political arguments to encourage common people in the Colonies to fight for egalitarian government. This document was very important because it helped sway people into supporting those individuals who favored declaring independence from great Britain. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776 It's an important part of American democracy because first it contains the ideals or goals of our nation. Second it contains the complaints of the colonists against the British king. Third, it contains the arguments the colonists used to explain why they wanted to be free of British rule. -
Treaty of Paris
Negotiated between the United States and Great Britain, ended the revolutionary war and recognized American independence. We chose this event because the American Revolutionary War was formally ended. The British acknowledged the independence of the United States. The colonial empire of Great Britain was destroyed in North America.
