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Proclamation of 1763
No settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains. The colonists were reacted angrily and some ignored it and moves west anyways. -
Sugar Act
Trade law enacted by parliament in an attempt to reduce smuggling in British colonies in North America. Colonists were disagreeing more and more and were dissatisfied. -
Stamp Act
Law in which parliament established the first direct taxation of goods and services within the British colonies in North America. Colonists united and protested this. -
Quartering Act
Authorized British commanders to house soldiers in vacant private homes and other buildings. Colonists gathered and defended colonists to run their own affairs. -
Stamp Act Congress
9 of the 13 colonies attend and petition British parliament to repeal Act and the parliament and King ignore the petition. Colonists were angry with them since they ignored this. -
Repeal of Stamp Act
Replaced eventually with the Townshed Acts. (Indirect taxes on: glass, lead, paint, paper.) Colonists enjoyed this repeal since they were working so hard to get to it. -
Townshend Act/Duties
A series of laws created by Parliament, establishing indirect taxes on goods imported from Britain by the British colonies in North America. The colonists reacted with rage and well organized resistance. -
Boston Massacre
A clash between British soldiers and Boston colonists , in which five of the colonists were killed. Colonists attacked a British customs schooner later. -
Tea Act
Granted the company the right to sell tea to the colonies free if the taxes the colonial tea sellers had to pay. The colonists thoughts on everything were rekindled by this act, it rekindled their opposition to duty on tea. -
Intolerable Acts
A series of laws enacted by Parliament to punish Massachusetts colonists for the Boston Tea Party. Colonists ended up refusing to pay for the tea damage, so they were stubborn. -
1st Continental Congress
12 of 13 colonies send delegates in response to the Intolerable Acts. It sends petitions to England calling for repeal of oppressive legislature. It also told colonies to prepare their militias. This was the first time colonies acted as a united government. Colonists were set for this idea because it seemed fair to them. -
Lexington and Concord
British troops moved from Boston toward Lexington and Concord to seize colonists military supplies and arrest revolutionaries. Colonists were disappointed considering they lost so many men. -
2nd Continental Congress
The continental Congress that approved the Declaration of Independence and served as the only agency of national government during the Revolutionary War. (No box for reaction.) -
Battle of Bunker Hill
Gage sent out nearly 2,400 British troops. They fired until last minute and shot down advancing redcoats. Colonists lost 450, British lost over 1,000 men. It was the deadliest battle of the war. Colonists were pretty proud considering their death ratio. -
Olive Branch Petition
A document sent by the Second Continental Congress to King George III, proposing a reconciliation between the colonies and Britain. (No reaction box.) -
Common Sense
Thomas Paine wrote this document (a 47-paged pamphlet) which moved more colonists towards declaring independence from England. It also listed grievances against the king. (No reaction box.)
