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Proclamation of 1763
In 1763, at the end of the French and Indian War, the British issued a proclamation,mainly to make peace with the Indians by checking the territory of settlers on their lands. Since the proclamation, it has become a win for the Native laws in the U.S. There was no settlement allowed in the west of the Appalachian mountains. The colonists were very angry and spoke negative about this.They felt since so many of their people died in war the natives land must be a gift to them or belong to them. -
Sugar Act
a British Law, passed by the Parliament of Great Britain on April 5, 1764, that was designed to raise revenue from the American colonists in the 13 Colonies.The Act set a tax on sugar and molasses imported into the colonies which impacted the manufacture of rum in New England. -
Stamp Act
This Act was the first tax levied directly on American colonists by the British government. The act forced a tax on all documents in the colonies.The British was in a lot of debt from the Seven Years’ War and looking to its North American colonies as a revenue source.The Colonists reacted by demanding that the Stamp Act was an attempt to raise money in the colonies without the approval of colonial legislatures.Colonists Resisted the act through debates in the colonial legislatures. -
Quartering Act
British Parliament passed this Act , primarily aimed at raising revenue from the British colonies in America. Although the Quartering Act did not provoke the immediate violent protests against the Stamp Act, it did prove to be a disagreement between some colonies and Great Britain during the years leading up to the Revolution. The reaction of the colonists was negative.The colonists preferred to rely on military units than formal armies. Also the cost of expenses for an army. -
Repeal of Stamp Act
After a widespread protest in America, the British Parliament repeals the Stamp Act. A taxation measure enacted to raise revenues for a standing British army in America. The colonists, who had convened the Stamp Act vocalized their opposition to the upcoming enactment. Colonists reacted to the stamps with outrage and violence. Colonists boycotted British goods, organized attacks on homes of tax collectors. Parliament voted to repeal the Stamp Act in March 1766. -
Townshend Act/Duties
A new act or duty was introduced into the English Parliament by Chancellor of Charles Townshend in 1767, the Townshend Acts forced duties on almost everything imported into the colonies. Townshend hoped the acts would settle expenses in the colonies, but Americans viewed the taxation as an abuse of power, resulting in the passage of agreements to limit imports from Britain. Later, Parliament repealed all the Townshend duties except the tax on tea. -
Boston Massacre
British soldiers,come to support a lookout which was ruined by a violent crowd, let loose a volley of shots. 3 people were killed and two died later of their wounds.The colonists reacted to this aggressively by attacking British soldiers and defending themselves in court.The British had the support of patriotic leader John Adams,the prosecution produced little evidence, and Preston and six of the soldiers were acquitted; two others were found guilty, branded on the hand, and released. -
Tea Act
This Act was one of several acts forced on the American colonists by indebted British government.The act’s main purpose was not to raise revenue from the colonies but to bail out the floundering East India Company( British Economy).The British government granted the company a commodity on the importation and sale of tea in the colonies.The colonists had never accepted the content of the duty on tea, and the Tea Act rekindled their opposition to it. -
Intolerable Acts
This act was the American Patriots' term for harsh laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea party. They were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in throwing a large tea shipment into Boston harbor. This drove the colonists to call the First Continental Congress in 1774 and come together to form a collective resistance against British tyranny. -
Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord,started off the American Rev. War.Tensions had been building for years between american colonists and the British authorities, particularly in Massachusetts. On the night of April 18th ,British troops marched to nearby Concord in order to seize.Paul Revere and other riders sounded the alarm, and colonial soldiers began to rally and stop the Redcoats.Later, Colonists responded with a military victory. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The British defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill in Massachusetts. Despite their loss, the inexperienced colonial forces impose significant loss against the enemy, and the battle provided them with an confidence boost. Although commonly referred to as the Battle of Bunker Hill, most of the fighting occurred on nearby Breed’s Hill. The colonists reacted with another military victory. -
Second Continental Congress
This was an agreement of delegates from the thirteen colonies that started meeting in the summer of 1775, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that, soon after warfare,declared the American Revolutionary War had begun. Colonists responded by recruiting an army. -
Battle of Saratoga
A major battle of the Revolutionary War, fought in 1777 in northern New York state. Benedict Arnold, who had not yet turned traitor, was a leader of the American offensive, which forced the surrender of British troops under General John Burgoyne. -
Battle of Yorktown
On this day in 1781, General George Washington, commanding a force of 17,000 French and Continental troops, begins the siege known as the Battle of Yorktown against British General Lord Charles Cornwallis and a contingent of 9,000 British troops at Yorktown, Virginia, in the most important battle of the Revolutionary
