Early America

By rus519910

  • Treaty of Paris

    Ended the French and Indian war that had been taking place for 7 years

  • Proclamation Act

    Forbid all settlement past appalachian mountains

  • The Sugar Act

    The Sugar act was a form of retaliation to the retaliation of the Molasses act that was a failure because the colonist refused it.

  • The Stamp Act

    This act added a take on all legal documents colonists were not amused by the act at all.

  • The Quartering Act

    .Made it a necessity for colonist to house soldiers if the soldiers needed.

  • The Stamp Act Congress

    The first congress in the United States both british and Colonist officials attended

  • The Declaratory Act

    This act was passed by british parliament lessening the taxes from the sugar act

  • The Stamp Act Repealed

    after months of protest vote was passed repealing the taxing on stamps.

  • The Townshend Act

    This act imposed taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, tea, ect.

  • The Boston Massacre

    Killing where 5 colonist were killed because of their protests to the townshend act. This was majorly twisted by colonists and it was used to start the war.

  • The Committee of Correspondence

    A letter written by Samuel Adams trying to bring the colonies together politically.

  • Tea Act

    A taxation on tea products imported from England on the colonies.

  • Boston Tea Party

    A political protest by The Sons of Liberty snuck onto a British cargo ship and dumped tea into the Boston harbor.

  • The Intolerable Acts

    The Intolerable Acts were punitive acts meant to “punish” colonists for disputes with the British

  • 1st Continental Congress

    The meeting between 12 colony representatives from 12 of the 13 colonies during the early American Revolution.

  • Declaration of Rights and Grievances

    The declaration that opposed The Stamp Act that said that British did not have a right to tax the colonists

  • Bunker Hill

    A hard fought battle during the Revolutionary War, resulting with a British victory. Although the defeat, the colonists gain great experience and confidence from the battle.

  • Lexington and Concord

    The Battle of Lexington and Concord took place in Massachusetts 1775 between British troops and colonists. It is considered the kick of of the revolutionary war.

  • Appeal to Reason Rejected

    Colonists attempts to reason with British rejected.

  • The Common Sense Act

    A pamphlet written by Thomas Pane about establishing independence from Great Britain, and to encourage colonists to fight for their freedom.

  • Declaration of Independence

    The declaration of the United States as its own country after the colonists won the American Revolutionary War, declared itself independent of England.