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Boston Massacre
The British soldiers opened fire on colonists. -
The Treaty Of Paris
Treaty that officially ended the French and Indian War. The British gained control over the Ohio River Valley -
Proclamation of 1763
It was issued by King George III in 1763 to officially claim British territory in North America after Britain won the Seven Years War. It was an attempt to prevent the colonists from going west and passed the Appalachian Mountains. -
Sugar Act
The British placed a tax on sugar, wine, and other important things. -
Stamp Act
The tax required Americans to pay tax on every piece of printed paper used. -
Quartering Act
This act passed by parliament forced colonists to accept British soldiers into their homes. -
Samuel Adams
One of America's founding fathers ,Samuel Adams was a leader in the revolutionary war movement in Massachusetts -
Sons Of Liberty
The sons of liberty were patriots who would revolt against British tax laws. -
Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts were a series of acts passed beginning in 1767 by the Parliament of Great Britain. They put taxes on glass, paint, oil, lead, paper, and tea. -
Committees Of Correspondence
The American colonies' first communication tool with one another.Organized by the local
governments of the Thirteen Colonies during the American Revolution. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act passed by Parliament on May 10, 1773, would be the final step to the revolutionary movement in Boston. -
Boston Tea Party
A group of Massachusetts patriots, protesting the importance of tea, got mad cause the tea act and went out one night and dump the tea in the harbor -
Intolerable Acts
Punishments that were suppose to be laws that King George III put on the colonies. It was the reaction to the Boston Tea Party. -
First Continental Congress
the first government of the 13 American colonies and later the United States -
Thomas Paine & Common Sense
A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–76 that inspired
people in the Thirteen Colonies to declare and fight for independence.
