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Treaty of Paris
This event was a British imposition, the treaty ended the French and Indian War. This concluded the threat of France in North America for the British. -
Proclamation Act
The Proclamation Act was a British imposition where they defined the boundaries of where people could settle in the thirteen colonies. -
The Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was a British imposition where Great Britain unfairly taxed the colonies on sugar and molasses. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was a British imposition where Great Britain taxed the colonies on every piece of paper they printed. -
The Quartering Act
The Quartering Act was a British imposition on the colonies where they required the colonies to provide room and board for British soldiers in the colonies. -
Stamps Act Congress
The Stamp Act Congress was the American Colonies' first congress. This was a response from the colonies on the new British taxation. -
Stamp Act Repealed
Repealing the Stamp Act was the agreement the Colonies and Great Britain came to after the Stamp Act was passed. -
Declaratory Act
The Declaratory Act was a British imposition that stated Britain and the colonies were taxed the same, so the British Parliament could pass laws that extended to the colonies. -
Townshend Act
The Townshend Act was a British imposition for Britain to have authority over the colonies. The colonies were taxed without representation. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a British attempt to enforce the Townshend Acts. -
The Committee of Correspondence
The Committee of Correspondence was a colonial response to the British policy. The Committee of Correspondence created a political union among the thirteen colonies. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act was a British imposition that gave Great Britain a monopoly over tea sales in the colonies. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a colonial response to the British tax on tea where they dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were a British imposition in response to the Boston Tea Party. -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was the Colonial response to the enactment Intolerable Acts. Fifty-six delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies met and created a declaration of rights and grievances. -
The Declaration of Rights and Grievances
The Declaration of Rights and Grievances was a document in response, from the colonies, to the unfair taxation Britain imposed on the colonies, which they declared "unconstitutional." -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military arrangement of the Revolutionary War. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill was a response from the colonies when they found out that Britain was sending troops to occupy the hills around Boston, so Colonel William Prescott lead the colonial militiamen into battle. -
Olive Branch Petition
The Olive Branch Petition was a final response from the colonies in an attempt to avoid war over independence with Great Britain. -
Common Sense
Common Sense was a book written by Thomas Paine (a colonial response) where he fought against Great Britain for the colonies to have independence. -
The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Second Continental Congress which was a response from the thirteen colonies declaring they were independent.
