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Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris ended the French and Indian War between Great Britain and France. In this treaty France gave up its territory in North America. -
Proclamation Act
The Proclamation Act was passed so no settlement could cross the Appalachian Mountains in Great Britain's territory. -
The Sugar Act
Great Britain put taxes on sugar and molasses that was imported to British colonies, and colonists tried to get the price of taxes reduced. This act went through Parliament and was meant to stop trade between New England and the colonies with France, Amsterdam, Spain, and the West Indies -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act passed through Parliament and required that colonies pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. This included legal documents, newspapers, and even playing cards. -
The Quartering Act
The Quartering Act was imposed by Great Britain and it stated that colonies had to provide barracks for British soldiers and house them. -
Stamp Act Congress
The Stamp Act Congress was the first Congress of North American colonies. -
Declaration of Rights and Grievance
The Declaration of Rights and Grievance was issued by the Stamp Act Congress, and it stated that colonists had the same rights as the people living in Britain, and that they had a right to trial by jury. -
Declaratory Acts
The Declaratory Acts allowed Britain to have complete legislative power over the colonies. -
Townshend Act
The Townshend Act was a series of acts passed by Parliament in Great Britain that taxed paint, tea, lead, glass, and paper imported into the colonies. -
Boston Massacre
Royal troops came to colonies after much tension between the colonists and Great Britain to enforce taxation, and killed five colonists. -
The Committee of Correspondence
The Committee of Correspondence was a political union among the thirteen colonies, who opposed British policy. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act was the Americans opposition to the tax on tea. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was the way the colonies protested the tax on tea. In this protest they boarded three ships and threw chests of tea into the harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were a series of acts passed by Parliament, following the Boston Tea Party, that were meant to punish the people who went against Great Britain and threw tea overboard. -
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First Continental Congress
Delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies met and drafted a declaration of rights. -
Common Sense
Common Sense was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine and it challenged the authority Great Britain and the monarchy had. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
The Battle of Lexington and Concord is what started the American Revolution. British soldiers went to arrest the rebels and seize their weapons, and that is what started the battle. -
Bunker Hill
The battle of Bunker Hill was a battle that the Americans won against the British. -
Olive Branch Petition
This petition was a letter to King George III from the Second Continental Congress stating their independence and trying to avoid war with the British. -
Stamp Act Repealed
The Stamp Act was repealed and Parliament passed the Declaratory Acts. -
The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was written in Philadelphia at the Second Continental Congress. The signing of the Declaration marked the beginning of America's independence.