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Proclamation Line
The Proclamation Line of 1763 was one of many attempts to separate colonists from Native Americans. The intent of a separation boundary was to reduce conflict and the costs to maintain peace in the border zone between two cultures. -
Stamp Act
The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. Ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards were taxed.The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament. -
Quartering Act
The British Parliament met and finally passed a Quartering Act for the Americans. The act stated that troops could only be quartered in barracks and if there wasn't enough space in barracks then they were to be quartered in public houses and inns. British soldiers are to find room and board in the American colonies. -
Declaratory Act
Parliament repealed the Stamp Act and passed the Declaratory Act. It raised no new tax, placed no restriction or requisition on the colonial assemblies. In fact it did not require anything from the colonists at all. -
Townshend Act
Townshend Acts imposed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper and tea imported into the colonies. Townshend hoped the acts would defray imperial expenses in the colonies. In 1770, Parliament repealed all the Townshend duties except the tax on tea, leading to a temporary truce between the two sides in the years before the American Revolution. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was the killing of five colonists by British regulars. It was because of the tensions in the American colonies that had been growing since Royal troops first appeared in Massachusetts. -
Committee of Correspondence
Committees of Correspondence were the American colonies’ first institution for maintaining communication with one another. They were organized in the decade before the Revolution. Boston formed the earliest Committee of Correspondence. -
Tea Act
The principal objective was to reduce the massive amount of tea. Was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. The Tea Act forced colonists to buy tea from the East India Tea Company. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty. Also Samuel Adams was apart as well -
Intolerable or Coercive Acts
The Intolerable Acts were the American Patriots' term for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament. They were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in throwing a large tea shipment into Boston harbor. -
"Shot Heard Around the World"
The British reached Lexington, where approximately 70 minutemen had gathered on the village green. Someone suddenly fired a shot it’s uncertain which side which side fired first. When the brief clash ended, eight Americans lay dead. -
Common Sense
Common Sense is a book written by Thomas Paine speaking about independence from Great Britain to people in the 13 Colonies. There are 48 pages. -
Declaration of Independence
It was actually declared on July 2nd. Was proved on July 4th. Was not signed until August 2nd.
