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Pre-Revolution
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Royal Proclamation of 1763
Line prohibiting settlement beyond the Appalachian Mountains: King George III. -
Sugar Act
A law that forced American colonists to pay taxes to the crown on imported/foreign sugars and molasses from the West Indies. -
Stamp Act
Grenville imposed the stamp act to pay for the costs of sending, outfitting, and maintaining troops in the colonies; it required the use of a stamped paper or the affixing of stamps (certified the tax had been paid) on about 50 trade items, and commercial and legal documents such as diplomas, newspapers, playing cards, marriage licenses, and pamphlets. -
Quartering Act
it directed local colonial authorities to find quarters for His Majesty's troops in the colonies, if barracks were not available. The colonists who quartered the soldiers must furnish them with such diverse items, such as firewood, candles, vinegar, salt, bedding, beer, and cider. -
Sons of Liberty
Those apart of it sought out and punished any American who did not comply with the boycott, often applying a coat of tar and feathers. Also ransacked and looted homes of British officials; Stamp Masters were hanged in effigy on "Liberty" poles (flags flown at half-mast signaled colonial defiance). -
Regulator Movement
Going from about 1765 to 1771, it was a North and South Carolina uprising that where colonists rebelled against the colonial officials. -
Townshend Taxes
From June to July 2, 1767, taxed colonists on items (paper, lead, glass, paints, tea from England). Taxes were indirect, meaning they were to be paid and collected as a customs duty in American ports. -
Boston Massacre
Group of 60 colonists: colonists taunted soldiers on duty and colonists started massacre by throwing a club at soldier; soldier knocked down and soldiers started shooting. 5 people died, 6 others injured, so England repealed all tacos except ones on tea. -
Tea Act of 1773
Gave East India Tea Company a monopoly on selling tea in the American colonies; Lord North in London helped with a surplus of 17million pounds of tea in the warehouses of Britain; imported tea was cheaper than smuggled tea. -
Intolerable Acts
(Quebec Act)
The Boston Port Bill; Quartering Act; Administration of Justice Act; Massachusetts Government Act; Quebec Act. -
Quebec Act
Considered as part of the Coercive Acts (set up Royal Government in Canada); gave privileged positions to Catholics in Candada, and extended boundaries down into Ohio; took away from colony's claims (angering them). -
First Continental Congress
In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in Carpenters Hall, John Adams, Peyton Randolph, George Washington, Charles Thomson, and Joseph Galloway coming together to abolish British Tyranny! Colonists were angry, which caused them to come together and find a solution: To boycott all British goods, hold onto collected taxes until Massachusetts was back on a constitutional foundation. Began military preparation in case of attack on Boston, and imprisoned British officials if any colon -
Battle of Lexington
"Shot heard around the world", the shot was given by the patriots -
Battle of Concord
British attempting to seize a secret stash of weapons -
Second Continental Congress
Created the Continential Army, and named George Washington Commanding General of army -
Battle of Bunker Hill
Bloodiest battle of the war, having over 1000 British and 400 colonists wounded or killed; took British 3 waves to finally take the hill.
“Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes!” -
"Common Sense"
Publish annonymously but written by Thomas Paine, it was written for the people and was the first document that asked for independence from Britain -
Declaration of Independence
Written by Thomas Jefferson, signed by 56 delegates, and adopted on July 4, it officially declared American independence from Britain -
Battles of Saratoga
Two battles, the other battle occuring on October 7, took place on Freeman's Farm and Bemis Heights and were considered the turning points in the war. It gave the French confidence in the American cause. -
Battle of Yorktown
The colonists had begun to lose the war to Britain, and the French wanted revenge so they joined forces with the colonists, meaning the French navy blocked the British ships from bringing supplies and reinforcements. It led to negotiations that ended the war. -
Treay of Paris
In the aftermath of the Revolutionary War, Britain ceded all land west of the Appalachian mountains to the Mississippi River and the British Prime Minister, Lord North, resigned.
