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Proclamation of 1763
The purpose of this was to bar settlements west of the Appalachian Mountains. The Britsih hoped that through this they would seprate the Indians from the settlers. -
Sugar Act of 1764
Ths act imposed tax on foreign sugar, molasses, and other things entering the Britian's American colonies. Ironically, it actually lowered the existing tax on molasses. This act affected colonial merchants, rum distillers, and shipowners because it decresed business for them. -
Stamp Act
This act put a tax on printed matter of all kinds. Materials had to be printed on stamped paper or have special stamps attached. -
Stamp Act Congress
The Stamp Act Congress was an important step toward independence. It was another example of unified resistance. -
Quartering Act
This act required colonists to house and feed British troops. This included troops living in colonies from the French and Indian War as well as additional troops. -
Declaratory Act
This act repealed the Stamp Act . Britain asserted their "full power and authority of the Parliment to make laws...to bind the colonies and people of America...in all cases." -
Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts put taxes on tea, lead, glass, and dyes for paint. Along with this act came the writs of assistance which were search warrants used to enforce these acts. -
The Boston Massacre
British troops were sent to Boston to maintain order and enforce the Townshend Acts. The troops, after being tormented by colonists, fired into a rioting crowd. They killed 5 men. -
Tea Act
This act stated that the East Indian Company would have to cruise directly tot the American Colonies ti export their tea instead of going first to Britain and export it again to the same colonies. This made the tea cheaper for the Americans. -
The Boston Tea Party
When the three ships reached dock and set camp, about a hundred men boarded the vessels and immediately threw out all boxes and chests of tea into the water.This happened due to unhappiness with the Tea Act -
Coercive Acts
These acts were also known as the Intolerable Acts. Because of these acts, the thirteen colonies were enraged. They were a very big part of the ongoing uprising -
Quebec Act
This act widened the boundary lines of the Province of Quebec and established reforms that would benefit the French Catholic region’s inhabitants. -
1st Continental Congress
This was a gathering of thirteen North American delegates during the convention at the Carpenter’s Hall in Philadelphia. This was during the early stages of the American Revolution and was initiated after the Coercive Acts were passed. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord was the beginning of the American Revolution ainst the British Colonialists. The battle took place in Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay, near Boston. This battle marked the opening of armed hostilities between the Kingdom of Great Britain and its thirteen colonies. -
2nd Continenal Congress
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. -
The Olive Branch Petition
A document of American colonial grievances addressed to King George III and signed by members of the Continental Congress in July 1775. It was delivered by Richard Penn to the King in London in August 1775. The King refused to see him or the document. It was an effort by the Americans to resolve differences with Britain and to avert the Revolutionary War. -
The Declaration of Independence
This was an act of the Second Continental Congress. It declared that the Thirteen Colonies in North America we “free and independent states.”
