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Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763, acknowledge that indians owned the land on which they were residing and settlers in the land were to be removed. The Proclamation of 1763 decreased tensions between settlers and natives. It avoid warfare with the indians. -
Sugar Act
Passed in order to deter smugglers. They were a lower tax than the Molasses Act, which the Sugar Act was replacing. The British could enforce this act, but not Navigation Acts. Was a smaller tax, but it was actually enforced, which irritated the colonists. It created the vice-admiralty courts; made it illegal for the colonies to buy goods from non-British Caribbean colonies and pay off war debt. Colonists began to experiment with boycotts, and gave courage for future action. Repealed in 1766. -
Currency Act
The Currency Act, colonial paper was inflated, so it required colonists to pay British merchants in gold and silver. British merchant wanted to be paid British currency and not colony currency.They control and use of the paper money. It reduce the national debt. -
Stamp Act
Stamp Act, British legislation required that all legal or official documents used in the colonies, such as wills, deeds and contracts, had to be written on special, stamped British paper. First "direct tax" colonists paid to England and was used to help pay for the war debt and protect the colonies. This revenue would help to pay off the war debt from the French and Indian war. -
Quartering Act
Quartering Act, that were designed to force local colonial governments to provide provisions and housing to British soldiers stationed in the 13 Colonies of America. It required colonists house and feed British troops. -
Repeal of Stamp Act and passage of Declaratory Act
The repeal of the Stamp Act, was the first retreat by the British in the face of colonial American resistance. The Declaratory Act, passed at the same time that the Stamp Act was repealed, the Act declared that Parliament had the power to tax the colonies both internally and externally. It also asserted that Parliament had the absolute power to make laws and changes to the colonial government, "in all cases whatsoever", even though the colonists were not represented in the Parliament. -
Townshend Acts
to July 2. Another series of revenue measures, they taxed quasi-luxury items imported into the colonies, including paper, lead, tea, and paint. This would pay for the administrative costs of running the colonies. It paid for the salaries of governors and judges so that the British could have a more effective rule over colonial life. -
Tea Act
British East India Tea Company has too much tea they can't sell. British government tries to help by exempting them from the tea tax. The Act was an attempt to conceal a tax by lowering prices for British team with reduced transportation costs. The Sons of Liberty organised public demonstration against the British government. Colonist still being taxed without representation and forced to buy the tea. -
Coercive or “Intolerable” Acts
The Coercive or “Intolerable” Acts, punished Americans for property lost in the Boston Tea Party. Closed the port of Boston until tea was paid for and placed Massachusetts under "martial law". Colonists viewed the acts as sweeping and unjustified denials of their rights as Englishmen. -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that formed in Philadelphia in May 1775. The Second Continental Congress meeting started with the battle of Lexington and Concord fresh in their memories. 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. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
First battle of the American Revolution. British attempt to capture colonial leaders and war supplies to prevent possibility of a successful colonial revolt. The battlefield was on the village green in Lexington in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay. The significance of the conflict was that it was that this was the first battle in the American Revolutionary War. The American colonists rejected the legitimacy of the British Parliament govern the 13 colonies without representation. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill was a military conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and its thirteen colonies in North America during the American Revolutionary War. The battlefield was located in Charlestown, Massachusetts. The significance of the conflict was that it was the first important battle of the American War of Independence. The Americans had proved to themselves, and the rest of the world that they could stand up to the British army in traditional warfare. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was made declaring the U.S. to be independent of the British Crown. The Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776, by the congressional representatives of the Thirteen Colonies, including Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Benjamin Franklin who were instrumental in bring about major event in Colonial America. -
Battle of Saratoga
The battlefield was located in Saratoga County, New York. The significance of the conflict was that it proved to be the turning point of Revolutionary war and convinced the French of American strength which persuaded the French to support the Americans with military aid. The combined French and American forces achieved their first victory. -
Battle of Yorktown
The Battle of Yorktown ended in victory for the American colonists. On October 19, 1781, the British laid down their arms and surrendered. The British army was decimated and the American Revolutionary war was virtually over. The battlefield was located in Yorktown, virginia. The significance of the conflict was that Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington as French and American forces trapped the British at Yorktown. -
Treaty of Paris
American Revolutionary War was formally ended, and British acknowledged independence of the United States. Colonial Great Britain was destroyed in North America. U.S. boundaries were established. The Treaty of Paris was one of many treaties concluding the American Revolutionary War and signed by representatives of Great Britain on one side and United States, France, and Spain on the other. The 1783 Peace Treaty of Paris was signed on September 3, 1783 during the reign of King George III.
