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Treaty of Paris 1763
It ended the French and Indian War. The British gained the Ohio River Valley. -
Proclamation of 1763
It strictly prohibited the colonists from settling in the area past the Appalachian Mountains. The colonists believed they should have rights to the land they fought for, causing discontent in the colonies. -
Sugar Act of 1764
The first law to be ever past by Parliament for easing tax revenue in the colonies for the crown. -
Stamp Act 1765
Grenville imposed to raise revenues to support the new military force. It mandated the use of stamped paper or affixing of stamps, certifying tax payment. -
Quarter Act of 1765
It required certain colonies to provide food and quarters for British troops. It made many colonist angry. -
Stamp Act Congress of 1765
It stated the rights and grievances of colonists and beseeched the king and Parliament to repeal the repugnant legislation. -
Declaratory Act 1766
Parliament passed it, reaffirming its right “to bind” colonies “in all cases whatsoever.” The British government defined its constitutional principle: absolute and unqualified sovereignty over the colonies. -
Townshend Acts 1767
Imposed a light import duty on glass, white lead, paper, paint, and tea. Colonists refused any taxes without representation. -
Boston Massacre of 1770
60 townspeople began taunting and throwing snowballs at a squad of ten redcoats. The Bostonians were still angry over the death of an eleven-year-old boy, shot ten days earlier during a protest against a merchant who had defined the colonial boycott of British goods. Acting without orders the troops fired and killed eleven citizens. -
Repeal of the townshend Acts 1770
Lord North convinced Parliament to repeal the Townshend Acts, all except for the tea tax. -
Formation of the Committee of Correspondence 1772
This group was created by Samuel Adams, and it spread resistance by exchanging letters, which kept opposition to British policy alive. -
Boston Tea Party of 1773
About 100 Bostonians, disguised as Indians, boarded the ships. They smashed open 342 chests of tea and dumped the contents into the Boston Harbor. -
Quebec Act of 1774
It granted emancipation for the Catholic/French-speaking settlers of the province. It also repealed the loyalty oath and reinstated French civil law in combination with British criminal law. -
Intolerable Acts 1774
Four measures which stripped Massachusetts of self-government and judicial independence. The colonies responded with a general boycott of British goods. -
First Continental Congress in 1774
It was a meeting in Philadelphia to redress grievances. 12 of 13 colonies (except Georgia) sent 55 men: S. Adams, J. Adams, G. Washington, P. Henry. -
The Association of 1774
It was an agreement made by the American colonies to impose a complete boycott against British goods: nonimportation, non-exportation, & non-consumption. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord 1775
A British commander in Boston was sent to Lexington and Concord where he was to cease colonial gunpowder and bag the ring leaders Sam Adams and John Hancock. Colonial minutemen won both battles, this was the beginning of a war. -
Second Continental Congress 1775
Met in Philadelphia soon after the beginning of the Revolutionary War. All thirteen colonies attended. -
King George issued a Proclamation of Rebellion 1775
In response to the arrival of William Penn in England, carrying Congress petition for independence. This action officially declared the colonies to be in a state of a belly pain in response to the rival of William Penn in England. This action declared the colonies to be in a state of rebellion. -
Proclamation of 1775
Lord Dunmore, royal governor of Virginia, issued a proclamation promising freedom for any enslaved black in Virginia who joined the British army. -
The publication of Common Sense 1776
This foundational document of American independence in foreign policy was drafted by Thomas Paine and became one of the most influential pamphlets written. -
Declaration of Independence Approved 1776
Drafted by Thomas Jefferson, it originally Richard Henry Lee’s resolution. It established the new American Revolutionary government in officially declared war against Great Britain -
Battle of Yorktown 1781
French and Americans on land and Sea trapped the British army on a peninsula at Yorktown and forced them at surrender. The siege virtually ended military operations in the American Revolution.
