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Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris, ended the war between the French and Indians. The Treaty stated that French has to give up all of their North American mainland territories. -
Proclamation Act
Issued by King George the 3rd; following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War, which forbade all settlement past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. He didn't want them to live in the mountains. -
Sugar Act
Colonists were forced to pay taxes on sugar; 6 pence for a gallon. It was also known as the American Revenue Act. -
Stamp Act
British Parliament passed a law that all Americans had to pay taxes on any printed paper they used. For example; Newspaper, ship's paper, legal documents, and playing cards. -
Quartering Act
The British announced that If there wasn't enough room in the Inn and barracks, then they would stay in civilian homes. The American Civilians had to feed, house, and tend to them. -
Stamp Act Congress
It was held because of everyone yelling "No Taxation Without Representation"; they were all raged about the Stamp and Sugar Act. They convened in New York. Also it was called the "first congress of America colonies". -
Declaration of Rights and Grievances
Written by the Stamp Act Congress. It declared that taxes imposed on British colonists without their formal consent were unconstitutional. -
Stamp Act Repealed
After many months of protest, Benjamin Franklin lead the Stamp Act repeal before the British house of commons. The Parliament voted to repeal the Stamp Act. -
Declaratory Act
The same day as the Stamp Act repeal. It also lessened the taxes on sugar. (had to do with both, stamp and sugar) -
Townshend Act
A series of acts passed related to the British American colonies in North America. Named After Charles Townshend; the founder of the program/acts. -
Boston Massacre
Also known as the "incident on Kings Street by the British". British Army and soldiers shot and killed a group of people throwing snowballs at them. -
Committees of Correspondence
It rallied colonial opposition against British policy and established a political union among the Thirteen Colonies. Letter from Samuel Adams to James Warren, 4 November 1772. Massachusetts Historical Society. -
Tea Act
The goal was to not raise revenue for the colonists, but to bail out the floundering East India Company [a key factor is the British economy]. -
Boston Tea Party
The cause was the Tea being taxed. So there was a political protest that had a big number of people dump shipments of tea into the Boston Harbor in Massachusetts. -
Intolerable Acts
Harsh laws passed by the British Parliament after the Boston Tea Party; meant to punish the American Colonists. Also called the "coercive acts". -
1st Continental Congress
The meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies who met from September 5 to October 26, 1774 at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania early in the American Revolution. It was to organize resistance to Parliaments "Intolerable Acts". -
Battles of Lexington & Concord
They were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. -
Bunker Hill
The British won at Bunker Hill and then had complete control of the Boston harbor. "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes", comes from this fight. Also the colonialists (Americans) were having the upper hand at first until they ran out of ammunition. -
Olive Branch Petition
Drafted by John Dickinson, Rejected by King George the 3rd. John wanted to attempt to assert the rights of the colonists while maintaining their loyalty to the British crown. -
Common Sense
A pamphlet/document/book written by Thomas Paine in 1775–76 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. -
Declaration of Independence
formally declared on July 2, 1776, a date that John Adams believed would be “the most memorable epocha in the history of America.” On July 4, 1776, Congress approved the final text of the Declaration. It wasn't signed until August 2, 1776. Freedom from Great Britain.
