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Proclamation of 1763
Law forbidding settlement west of the Appalachians. -
The Sugar Act
Tax (collected in England) on colonial exports like sugar, molasses, wine and whale fins… also provided harsh punishments for smugglers. -
Stamp Act
Tax (collected in America) on legal & commercial documents. -
The Quartering Act
Required colonies to provide housing and supplies for British troops stationed in America. -
Declaratory Act
Passed when Parliament repealed the Stamp Act… said Parliament had supreme authority to rule the colonies. -
The Townshed Acts
Indirect taxes on paper, lead, glass, paint and tea. -
The Boston Massacre
A fight which broke out between some British soliders and colonist, which lead to 5 colonists being shot and killed. -
The Tea Act
Removed some but not all taxes on tea, making it less expensive for colonists. -
Boston Tea Party
Colonists dressed as Native Americans boarded the ships and threw 342 chests of tea overboard. -
The Intolerable Acts/ Coercive Acts
From this date to June 22nd 1774. A series of laws ment to punish colonists for resisting British authority. -
The Battles at Lexington and Concord
Redcoats approached Lexington where they ran into about 70 minute men waiting for them. Shots were fired between both sides and after the shotting was over, 8 minutemen lay dead. the british kept on marching to Concord. -
Ft. Ticonderoga
Benedict Arnold raised a force of 400 to seize Fort Ticonderoga near Lake Champlain in New York. Arnold also knew that Ethan Allen was planning to attack the fort, so together they suprised the British and forced them to surrender. -
The Battle of Bunker Hill
Colonel William Prescott set up posts on Bunker Hill and Breed's Hill, across the harbor from Boston where they open fired forcing the British to retreat. -
Olive Branch Petition
The Continential Congress offered Britain a last chance to avoid war. They sent a petition, or formal request, to George III.This petition assured the king that the colonists wanted peace. The king rejected the petition. -
Declaration of Independence
Written by Thomas Jefferson, this document expressed the idea that people are born with certain natural rights to life, liberty, and property.
