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Treaty of Paris 1763
The Treaty of Paris 1763 ended the French and Indian War, and ended France as a power in North America huttohistory.wikispaces.com -
Proclamation of 1763
King George lll passed a law that says settlers can not go west of the Appalachian Mountains www.haikudeck.com -
Stamp Act
Parliment passed the Stamp Act which taxed all printed items including cards stamptitude.com -
Declaratory Acts
On the same day Parliament repealed the Stamp Act, they wrote the Declaratory Acts, which said Parliament had the right to tax and make decisions for the colonists whenever they wanted. http://adamfletcherseries.com/ -
Townshend Acts
These acts made it so colonists would have to pay taxes on British items such as tea, paint, and lead. The Colonists had to pay these taxes at the port. This made colonists want to boycott British goods. http://www.history.com/ -
Boston Massacre
In Boston, colonists were having problems with the British solders being violent and the colonists decided to start throwing sticks and stones at the solders.One fell and the solders started firing and killed 5 defenseless and innocent people. http://www.history.com/ -
Tea Act
The Tea Act allowed the East India Tea Company to go straight to the shopkeepers and sell the tea at a lower price. It was a sneaky way of getting the Colonists to accept the Tea Act. The colonists thought it was another attempt to control them. www.haikudeck.com -
Boston Tea Party
The colonists weren't happy that Parliament passed the Tea Act so Sam Adams and his Sons of Liberty snuck on the ships at nighttime, dressed up as Indians and threw 342 chests of tea overboard. wikia.com -
Intolerable Acts
To punish Boston for having the Boston Tea Party, King George lll and Parliament passed laws that violated colonists rights as English Citizens. Those laws closed Boston Harbor, banned all town meetings, required colonists to quarter British soldiers and provide them with the basic needs, and allowed British officers to be tried in another colony when accused of crimes www.haikudeck.com -
1st Continental Congress
Representatives from each state, including Sam Adams met in Philadelphia to talk about problems they'd been having with Great Britain. They voted on asking Parliament to repeal all 13 acts they had sent since 1763. They also voted on boycotting all British goods and not allowing American goods to be shipped to Great Britain. http://mrnussbaum.com/ -
The Midnight ride Paul Revere
Paul Revere and others went west to warn colonists that the British were coming wikispaces.com -
Lexington and Concord
The "shot heard around the world". The British armies were trying to stop the Colonists. The Colonists had militias in Concord and Lexington to slow down the British and make them run out of gunpowder for the Battle of Bunker hill. http://www.shsu.edu/ -
2nd Continental Congress
The 2nd Continental Congress met in Philadelphia and most of the same people were there from the 1st Contenintal Congress, but there were new people like Ben Franklin there. They decided to declare Independence from Britain even though they knew they were far away from Independence. They couldn't stop because Patriots thought the war has already started. www.boundless.com
