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Writs of assistance of 1767
The Writs of Assistance were a law saying that anyone with a legal document could come into the colonists' houses without permission to look for stuff. -
proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was made on October 7th, 1763 closing off western expansion of the frontier from the Colonists at the end of the French and Indian War. The Proclamation was made as a way to ease the fears of the Indians, who worried that the Colonists would drive them from their lands as they expanded to the West. -
treaty of paris
The terms of the Treaty of Paris were harsh to losing France. All French territory on the main of North America was all lost. The British received Quebec and the Ohio Valley. The port of the New Orleans and the Louisiana Territory west of the Mississippi were ceded to Spain for their efforts as a British ally !! .By the Treaty of Paris in 1763, France lost Canada in a favor of Great Britain and all claims to territory east of the Mississippi. -
Sugar Act 1764
Tax on sugar and molasses.Act of 1764, as it was formally known, caused immediate economic hardship in New England and the Middle Colonies. Rum distilling slumped badly and colonial exports overall dropped sharply. The slowing economy was further impacted by currency contraction as people, uncertain of the future, tried to keep their money. Efforts were made to settle debts with paper money rather than gold or silver. -
stamp act
tax on legal documents basecally every piece of paper used . stamp act congress formed to orrganize boycott -
quartering Act
colonist had to provide food and housing for the british soldiers. reaction it was really hard for the colonist . -
townshed Act of 1767
it was house hold stuff that were made out of Taxes on glass, paint, oil, lead, paper, and tea were applied with the design of raising that you ahd to pay taxes fro just like stamp act that u have to pay tax for legal papers . -
boston massacre
The Boston Massacre was a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770, between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. Several colonists were killed and this led to a campaign by speech-writers to rouse the ire of the citizenry. -
boston tea party
The Tea Act, passed by Parliament on May 10, 1773, granted the British East India Company Tea a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies. This was what ultimately compelled a group of Sons of Liberty members . it was when they all came together . -
intolerable act of 1774
The Intolerable Acts were passed in spring 1774, and helped cause the American Revolution.The government spent immense sums of money on troops and equipment in an attempt to subjugate Massachusetts. British merchants had lost huge sums of money on looted, spoiled, and destroyed goods shipped to the colonies. -
tea act of 1774
the Tea Act. It was an act established on 1773 by the British Parliament that stated that the East Indian Company would have to cruise directly to the American colonies to export their tea instead of going first to Britain and then export it again to the same colonies. This consequently made the tea cheaper for the Americans -
1st Continental Congress 1774
On May 27, 1774, the Virginia House of Burgesses proposed a continental congress. A special convention was held on August 1 to elect delegates to the meeting in Philadelphia the following month. Thomas Jefferson, a delegate from Albemarle County, introduced a "Summary View of the Rights of British America." It failed to gain the support of the Virginia convention, but it brought attention to Jefferson as an exponent of the American cause. -
battle of lexington
Massachusetts Colony was a hotbed of sedition in the spring of 1775. Preparations for conflict with the Royal authority had been underway throughout the winter with the production of arms and munitions, the training of militia (including the minutemen), and the organization of defenses. In April, General Thomas Gage, military governor of Massachusetts decided to counter these moves by sending a force out of Boston. -
Concord of 1775
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.They were fought on April 19, 1775.Their orders were to proceed to the villages of Lexington and Concord and arrest Samuel Adams and John Hancock who were inciting revolutionary unrest among the colonists -
Ft. Ticonderoga 1775
The British military outpost of Fort Ticonderoga occupied a commanding strategic location in upstate New York that overlooked a portion of the potential invasion route the British would take from Canada down Lake Champlain to the Hudson Valley and ultimately to New York City. -
2nd Continental Congress1775
On May 10, 1775, what became known as the Second Continental Congress was called into session as the British stormed Boston in an attempt to arrest the patriots that publicly voiced their grievances against the crown. With the bloody fights at Concord and Lexington fresh in their minds, the delegates of twelve of the thirteen Colonies came together in Philadelphia to draw up a statement of positions in regards to the actions of the British Parliament. -
Bunker Hill 1775
The battle was at the time considered to be an American defeat but has since been lifted to the ranks of a heroic stands against forces of oppression. AKA british won :) -
Common Sense 1776
thomas paine wrote the common sense .Common Sense, was signed, "Written by an Englishman", and it became an immediate success.He connected independence with common dissenting Protestant beliefs as a means to present a distinctly American political identity. -
The French Indian War !!
the french indian war . they were fighting for land they were battling for north america . also the britain needed to finance war with france . prclamtion of 1763 britain wanted to avoid conflict with natives americans and told colonist were fobidden to cross the appalachian mountains . colonist were angered cause they were told what to do . -
Battle of New York 1776
On July 3, 1776, British troops landed on Staten Island. Over a period of six weeks, British troop strength was increased so that it number over 32,000 by the end of August. Meanwhile, General Washington was preparing his men as well as he could under the circumstances. Washington was hampered by the British control of the sea. they were fighting fo rnot a very long time . -
Declaration of Independence 1776
unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States, -
The Battle of Trenton
Washington’s plan was to cross the Delaware at three points with a force commanded by Lt Col Cadwallader with a Rhode Island regiment, some Pennsylvanians, Delaware militia and two guns and , a second force under Brigadier Ewing and the third commanded by himself which would cross the river above Trenton and attack the Hessian garrison in the town. Washington had as his subordinates they came to attack on christmas day .
