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The Navigation Acts
They were a series of acts passed from 1651, 1660, and 1663. The acts were designed to regulate colonial trade and enabled England to collect taxes in the colonies. -
The French and Indian War
A conflict war between the French and British. They had a series of battles until they declared the official British war. The war lasted from 1756 to 1763, and in the end the British defeated the French and drove them farther to the west and took over French-Canada. -
Proclamation of 1763
The king issued a proclamation that said colonists could not settle west of the Appalachian Mountains. The colonists hated it. -
The Sugar Act
Started taxing the colonists tea. The colonists began to boycott goods. -
The Stamp Act
Put a tax on all papers and legal documents. Colonists still hated it and and continued to boycott goods. -
The Quartering Act
The king asked the colonists to host 1,500 soldiers and supply them necessities to live. The colonists refused to do so. -
The Sons and Daughters of Liberty
They were a protest group against the British. Women signed pledges against drinking tea, promised not to buy British cloth and made their own. -
The Townshend Act
The king put a tax on glass, lead, paper, paint, and tea. Authorized the writs of assistance. The colonists began more protests, boycotts, and smuggling. -
The Boston Masscre
Citizens were angry at British soldiers so they began insulting the soldiers and throwing things that varied from rocks to trash. The soldiers fired at the colonists and killed 5 men and injured 6. This began more protests. -
The Committee of Correspondence
A communication group of men for passing along news. -
The Tea Act
Colonies had to pay a tax for tea, but they could only buy from certain people. They wanted to reduce the amount of tea held by the East India Company. The colonists became very angry and this led to the Boston Tea Party. -
Boston Tea Party
The Sons of Liberty dressed up as Native Americans and dumped English tea into the Boston Harbor in response to the Tea Act. -
The Intolerable Acts
The British Parliament closed ports, limited town meetings, held trials in Canada, and forced the colonists to let soldiers in their homes as punishment for the Boston Tea Party and other protests. -
The First Continental Congress
The Sons of Liberty had set up a committee for each colony. They met to plan a unified response to Britain. The colonists started a unified boycott throughout the colonies and colonists were given the power to observe and enforce laws. -
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
Began the Revolution. Paul Revere rode to Concord and Lexington yelling, "The regulars are coming!" warning the colonists and minutemen of the British attackers on their way. -
The Second Continental Congress
Delegates from the colonies met in Philadelphia. They made a petition that was sent to the king by the congress begging him to make peace with them. -
The Battle of Bunker Hill
The Patriots surrounded Boston. 1000 minutemen marched to Bunker Hill to fight. -
Thomas Paine's Common Sense
Common Sense was a book written by Thomas Paine that advocated independence from Great Britain to people in the 13 colonies. -
The Declaratory Act
The parliament made the act which accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act and the lessening of the Sugar Act.
