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Eliminated France as a colonial power in North America. Ended French and Indian war established territory for European powers.
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Prohibited colonists from settling west of the Appalachian mountains due to fear that the Indians would attack.
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First law ever passed that raised tax revenue in the colonies for the crown.
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Mandated the use of stamped paper or the affixing of stamps, certifying payment of tax.
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Required certain colonies to provide food and quarters for British troops.
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Brought together 27 distinguished delegates from nine colonies. Drew up a statement of their rights and grievances.
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Reaffirmed parliament’s right “to bind” the colonies “in all cases whatsoever.”
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A series of British acts named after Charles Townshend.
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A clash that resulted in troops opening fire and killed or wounded eleven citizens.
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Disguised Indians boarded docked ships and destroyed and dumped the tea into the Boston harbor.
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Sept away most of the rights of colonial Massachusetts.
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Gave French Canadians complete religious freedom and restored French form of civically laws.
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A meeting to consider ways of redressing colonial grievances.
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Troops were to seize stores of colonial gunpowder and bag the rebel ringleaders.
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All 13 colonies were represented and new appeals were drafted to the British people and king.
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Professed American loyalty to the crown and begging the king to prevent hostilities. Was rejected by the king.
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One of the most influential pamphlets every written. Written by Thomas Paine advocation for independence from Great Britain to the people of the thirteen colonies.
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Official act declaring independence from British rule.
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Washington recrossed the Delaware River and captured thousands of Hessians.
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British granted generous boundaries stretching to the Mississippi on the west, the Great Lakes on the north, and Spanish Florida on the south.
