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Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Paris ended the French and Indian War and Britain gained control of the Ohio River Valley. -
Quartering Act
This law required colonies to provide food and housing for British soldiers. -
Stamp Tax
Laws passed by British Parliament to try and get out of debt after the French and Indian War. This law put a tax on stamps and paper. -
Declaratory Acts
The Declaratory Act was put in place right after the repeal of the Stamp Act. The Declaratory Act said that Britain had the complete and final say over anything colonial related, “to bind” colonies “in all cases whatsoever.” -
Forced Repeal of the Stamp Tax
After a boycott and protest against the Stamp Act in 1765, Parliament repealed the Stamp Act in 1766. -
Townshend Acts
Imposed light import duty on glass, white lead, paper, paint and tea. -
Boston Massacre
Fighting erupted in Boston, Massachusetts between the colonists and British Parliament. Colonists provoked British soldiers by throwing objects at them. This cause one soldier to fire into the crowd of civilians and the rest followed. This fight killed 5 civilians including one African American man, Crispus Attucks. -
Committee of Correspondence
The Committee of Correspondence was created, which then lead to 80 some towns making their own Committees of Correspondence. This lead to intercolonial correspondence committees and paved the way for the first American Congress. -
Boston Tea Party
Large groups of Boston citizens boarded British ships loosely disguised as Indians and destroyed boxes of tea and dumped them into the harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were a series of laws to control the colonists. This included the Boston Port act which closed the port until all damages done by the Sons of Liberty were paid. Other acts said that people would now be held at trial in Britain, town meetings had new restrictions, and local authorities could now lodge soldiers wherever they felt necessary. -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress met in Philadelphia. 12 of 13 colonies attended with a total of 55 men. They were a consultative body. They wrote a Declaration of Rights and an appeal to other British colonies, the king, and to the British people. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
A British Commander in Boston sent troops to Lexington and Concord to take gunpowder from stores. British Troops were also meant to arrest Samuel Adams and John Hancock. 8 Americans died during battle and the redcoats later suffered heavy losses at Concord. This battle would give us “the shot heard round the world.”
