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Navigation Acts
A set of laws that everything shiped had to go through the British Empire. -
Boston Tea Party
Ater officials in Boston refused to return three shiploads of taxed tea to Britain, a group of colonists boarded the ships and destroyed the tea by throwing it into Boston Harbor. -
No taxation without representation
The colonists complained that taxes were imposed by Parliament without their concent, which violated the traditional rights of Englishmen. -
Sugar Act
Colonial merchants had been required to pay a tax of six pence per gallon on the importation of foreign molasses. -
Proclamation of 1763
A law that colonists are not allowd to settle past the Appalachian Mountains. -
Quatering Act
These Quartering Acts ordered the local governments of the American colonies to provide housing and provisions for British soldiers. -
Declaratory Act
Laws that say Parliment had the right to pass laws for the colonies. -
Townshend Act
A law that taxed goods such as glass,paper, tea, and lead. -
Boston Massacre
This was a incident on March 5, 1770, in which British Army soldiers killed five civilian men and injured six others. -
Intolerable Act
Series of laws passed by the British to punish Boston for the Boston Tea Party. -
Lexington and Concord
British troops marched to Lexington Condord for battle, the army was suppose to capture hidden guns but Americans shot at them. -
Olive Branch Petition
Peace petition sent to King George III by colonial delegates after the battle of Lexington and Concord in attempt to avoid a war.
