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Navigation Acts
these acts were made to regulate trade and enable England to collect taxes colonist did not like this and they protested -
French and Indian war
it was a war between the french and the British that the Indians got involved in. got worried so they sent more troupes in -
proclamation of 1763
prohibited colonist from settling west of the Appalachian mountains. that of course made the colonist mad because the just fought for that land -
sugar act
molasses and sugar was taxed. the colonist started to save sugar and people started to smuggle sugar and molasses -
Stamp Act
Put a tax on every document and paper. the colonist protested and wanted to kill the stamp agents. -
quartering act
this act said that a person had to let the soldiers move into their house and they had to host the soldiers to. they colonist refused to let the soldiers in there homes -
declaratory act
they repealed the stamp act to replace it with the declaratory act. it put a tax on tea. they colonist protested but was afraid that it would make more acts -
Townshend Act
The Townshend act put a tax on a lot of things such as paper, glass, tea,lead,and paints. the colonist responded with boycott -
Boston Massacre
British Army soldiers killed five male civilians and injured six others. they later went to war because of it -
Committees Of Corresponding
network of communication for passing along times the colonist decided to set there own committees -
Tea Act
tea act is where you can only have a small amount of tea and it is cheaper it helps one company. the Boston tea party happened -
Boston tea party
colonist dressed up and threw tea into the Boston harbor. they closed all the docks and harbors -
Intolerably act
Boston port was closed limited town meetings trials in Britain and Canada. they protested for this because only a certain group threw the tea in the harbor -
First continental congress
members were elected and a boycott was approved. a boycott was approved and then happened -
second Continental congress
George Washington was chose to rule it petition sent to king George. king was offended so a war broke out. -
Battle of bunker hill
colonist fought British at bunker hill. British won but no without a hard fought fight. they British were surprised on how well they fought -
battle of Lexington concord
it was the first shot in the american revolution. it was accidentally shot. they went to war after that shot. -
Thomas Paine's command sense
it was a book that Thomas Paine published about wanted independence from great Britain
