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French and Indian War
Britain and French claimed Ohio territory and the French destroyed English forts, English colonist broke up the French and Indian trade. This ended up having England became in debt so they put taxes on colonist, they began forcing navigation acts, also English had a ban on settlers crossing the Ohio territory. -
Proclamation of 1763
Proclamation that forbade colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains. British couldn’t protect their people from settling farther out onto American Indian land, so they passed a law to ban the settlers from going west of the Appalachian Mountains -
Sugar act
colonial merchants had been required to pay a tax of six pence per gallon on the importation. In debt because of the French and Indian war because of this the colonist got angry of the tax and this effected businesses -
Quartering act
American colonies to provide the British soldiers with any needed accommodations and housing. Parliament punished Boston for the Boston Tea Party. This Act required colonists to house British soldiers. Increased people's anger at Britain -
Stamp act
The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. Government needs to get money to support the army, when they had this law go buy it required colonist to pay for an official stamp on every paper items, the colonized ended up protesting against this -
Townshend Acts
the Townshend Acts imposed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea imported into the colonies. These acts placed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea. To enforce this, British officials used writs of assistance. These allowed tax collectors to search for smuggled goods. Colonists hated the new laws because they took power away from colonial government. The colonists responded by once again boycotting many British goods. -
Committees of Correspondence
The Committees of Correspondence rallied colonial opposition against British policy and established a political union among the Thirteen Colonies. shadow governments organized by the Patriot leaders of the Thirteen Colonies on the eve of the American Revolution and served an important role in the Revolution, by disseminating the colonial interpretation of British actions between the colonies and to foreign governments -
Boston massacre
Bostonian did not like the presence of British troops and thought of them as foreign enemies. a British soldier had an argument with a colonist and struck him. A crowd gathered around the soldier, throwing snowballs, and shouting insults. Soon a small number of troops arrived. The crowd grew louder and angrier by the moment. The soldiers fired into the crowd, killing five men. -
tea act
granted the British East India Company Tea a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies, Allowed the British East India Company to sell tea directly to the colonists. This would lower the price of tea and encourage colonists to stop smuggling the tea. Less smuggling would result in more tax money. The colonists disguised as Indians and sneaked onto three tea-filled ships in the harbor and dumped over 340 chests into Boston Harbor. -
Boston tea party
342 chests of tea belonging to the British East India Company were thrown from ships into Boston Harbor by American patriots disguised as Mohawk Indians. The Intolerable Acts was King George was furious about the Boston Tea Party and closed the harbor and took away their self-government until all the tea was paid for. these acts just stirred up more British hating feelings. Now people in all 13 colonies were angry. -
Intolerable act
harsh laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774. They were meant to punish the American colonists for the Boston Tea Party and other protests. The British wanted the colonists to pay England back for all the tea that the colonists destroyed during the Boston Tea Party. Parliament also wanted more control over the colonies so it passed a series of acts -
First Continental Congress
First Continental Congress to organize colonial resistance to Parliament's Coercive Acts. Colonist were outraged over the closing of the Boston Harbor. The gathering of colonial leaders whose goal was to state the colonists' concerns and ask the king to correct the problems. They drafted the Declaration of Rights, a list of 10 resolutions to be presented to King George III. -
Lexington and concord
Tensions had been building for many years between residents of the 13 American colonies and the British authorities, particularly in Massachusetts. British troops are sent to confiscate colonial weapons, they run into an untrained and angry militia. This ragtag army defeats 700 British soldiers and the surprise victory bolsters their confidence for the war ahead. -
Second Continental Congres
The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the spring of 1775 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. British soldiers and American militiamen exchange fire at Lexington and Concord. Combined forces result in victory for the Americans. By approving the Articles of Confederation, states create a weak national government. -
Common Sense
Common Sense challenged the authority of the British government and the royal monarchy. made public a persuasive and impassioned case for independence, which before the pamphlet had not yet been given serious intellectual consideration. -
Declaration of Independence
Declaration of Independence, adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, the 13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain. The Sons and Daughters of Liberty and the Intolerable Acts, Declared the U.S. independent of the Brits, gained the U.S. allies in the war against the Brits. The Brits response was to continue the war