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Navigation Acts
Only English ships, including ships of colonies, be used for trade within the British empire. -
Proclaimation of 1763
Declared that no colonial settlement could be established west of the Appalachian Mountains. -
Sugar Act
Imposed a tax on all sugar imported into the American colonies. -
Stamp Act
Imposed a tax on the colonies. Required tax on use of stamps on all legal documents, newspapers, etc. -
Stamp Act Congress
The delegates prepared a declaration of rights and grevances against the new British actions, which was sent to King George III. This action marked the first time that a majority of the colonies joined together to oppose British law. British Parliament repealed the Stamp Act. -
Boston Tea Party
Colonists protested the taxes by a boycott, refusing to purchase English goods. -
First Continental Congress
They dcided that the colonies should send a petition to King George III to explain their grevances. Other resolutions were passed to continue the boycott of British goods and to require that each colony start an army. -
Coercive Acts
Closed the harbor and placed the government of Boston under direct British control. -
Lexington and Concord
Redcoats fought with colonial Minutemen, in Lex. and Con. -
Second Continental Congress
Immediately assumed the powers of a central government. One of it's main actions was to establish an army. -
Resolution of Independence
Richard Henry Lee came up with it. It was not a legally binding document. Although one of the first step to legitimacy. -
Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson was assisted by John Adams and Benjamin Franklin in this, although they made few changes.
