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Proclamation
Wary of the cost of defending the colonies, George III prohibited all settlement west of the Appalachian mountains without guarantees of security from local Native American nations. -
The Sugar Act
Passed modified version of the sugar and molasses, the merchants had been required to pay taxed -
Stamp Act
British Parliament in March 1765. New tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them all to pay taxes. -
Boston Massacre
A street fight that occurred on March 5,1770 -
Burning of the Gaspee
The revenue schooner Gaspee ran aground near Providence, Rhode Island and was burnt by locals agreed by the enforcement. -
Tea Act
an effort to support the ailing East India Company, Parliament exempted its tea from import duties and allowed the Company to sell its tea directly to the colonies. -
Boston Tea Party
It was to protest the British Parliament's having to pay taxes on tea. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
First engagements of the Revolution War between British troops and the Minutemen, who had been warned of the attack by Paul Rever -
Battle of Bunker Hill
British General William Howe lands his troops on the Charlestown Peninsula overlooking Boston, Massachusetts. -
The Virginia Declaration of Rights
Is a document drafted in 1776 to proclaim he inherent rights of men. This included the right to reform or abolish an inadequate government. -
First Virginia Constitution
That Williamson burg adopted a Declaration of Rights in
June and two weeks later an unanimous adopted the first constitution of the independent Commonwealth of Virginia. -
Battle of Germantown
Was a major engagement in the Philadelphia campaign of the American Revolution. Was between the British army and the American Continental arm. -
Signing of the Treat of Paris
Was signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and the United States, and ended the American Revolutionary war -
Shay's Rebellion
Massachusetts rebellion led by the Revolutionary War veteran Daniel Shays against high taxes -
Constitutional Convention
Adoption of the American Constitution
