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Salutary Neglect
Salutary Neglect was when the British avoided harsh laws to keep the colonists happy, it ended in 1773. Salutary Neglect allowed the colonists to behave like their own country and led to American independence. The colonists started to uprise at the end of salutary neglect. -
The Navigation Act
All trade between the colonies and England had to be done on English ships. It was made to keep the wealth in the mother country. The rules weren't really enforced until the French -Indian War when the British went broke. The navigation act was one of the first things that made the colonists want to rebel. It was a way that Britain put their own needs before the colonists. -
French and Indian War
The French and Indian War was a war where the French And the Native people teamed up to fight the British over land. The French ended up surrendering to the British and the Native people made a treaty with the British. The war bankrupted the British, which caused them to put unfair taxes on the colonists and caused the colonist to revolt against the British. -
Albany Plan of Union
The Albany Plan of Union was a plan to create a unified government using the thirteen colonies. This Union was not a plan of independence, the British would still be able to control the Union. This Union was the British’s idea in order to keep the colonists safe from the upcoming French Indian War. Most colonists and British citizens thought that it was too drastic. -
Writs of Assistance
The Writs of Assistance was when the British could search your house in order to enforce trade and navigation laws. The law was first enforced in Massachusetts. The colonists were outraged and went to court but lost. -
Writs of Assistance
The Writs of Assistance was when the British could search your house in order to enforce trade and navigation laws. The law was first enforced in Massachusetts. The colonists were outraged and went to court but lost. -
Pontiac Rebellion
The Pontiac Rebellion was when an Indian chief named Pontiac attacked the British because the French where nicer. He made a plan with all of the Indian tribes from Lake Superior to the lower Mississippi to drive the British from the French lands. The plan was to pretend to sign a peace treaty and then attack the fort, but Major Henry Galdwin knew about their plan. The British then fought Pontiacs men for three years. Pontiac finally signed a peace treaty in 1766, because of a lack of soldiers. -
Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 said that if you lived past the Appalachian Mountains you had to move, and if you were planning to move there don’t, because they couldn’t protect you from the Native people. The colonists weren’t happy about this so they just ignored the rule. Britain sent soldiers to come and remove everyone from their homes. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was a redefined version of the Molasses Act, it had to be redefined because of colonist resistance. The Sugar Act put a tax on all sugar and molasses imported into the colonies. In response to the Sugar Act the colonists boycotted British products. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp act was the first internal act that the colonists had to pay, this act put a tax on all paper items in the colonies. The British were trying to get out of the debt that the French-Indian War put them in. The colonists reacted with protests, boycotts, and fighting. This taxing ultimately led to the colonists declaring their independence. -
Quartering Act
The quartering act states that soldiers could only stay in barracks, and if their wasn’t enough space in the barracks, they would have to stay in inns and public houses. The colonist didn’t like being forced to let people into their houses. New Yorkers refused to follow the law and turned the soldiers away. This was one way that the British drove the colonists to declare their independence. -
Sons of Liberty
The Sons of Liberty was a resistance group against Great Britain. It was a secret, well organized, and influential group used to undermine Great Britain authority. They where also the ones responsible for the Boston Tea Party. The Sons of Liberty showed that some people in the colonies were willing to revolt and fight the British. -
Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts imposed taxes on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea. The British hoped that these taxes would help them to continue to make money from the colonies. The colonists thought that they were abusing their power and protested. -
Nonimportation Association
The Non-Importation Association was a boycott on British goods. It showed the colonists displeasure about the Stamp Act by having the British lose money. In response the British repealed the acts. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was when a group of British soldiers fired an a rowdy group of colonists killing five people. The colonists used this as a way to get more people to revolt against the British. The British response to the Boston Massacre was to arrest all of the eight soldiers for manslaughter. This massacre caused more British resistance in the colonies. -
Committees of Correspondence
The Committees of Correspondence was a way for all of the thirteen colonies to stay in touch before the Revolutionary War. The Committee helped form the First Continental Congress. The Committee was one of the first times the colonies acted as one snake instead of a lot of small pieces of one. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act was one of the last things that the colonists were able to take from the British. The Tea Act wasn't made to get money from the colonists, it was to get The East India Company out of debt. There was always a tax on tea, but when this act was passed it reminded them how unfair it was, and they opposed it. This caused the colonists to protest and it ultimately led to the Boston Tea Party. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was when the Sons of Liberty dressed up as Indians and threw 342 chests of tea overboard. This showed Parliament that Massachusetts was where the most amount of British resistance was. The British responded to the Boston Tea Party with The Intolerable Acts. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts was in response to the Boston Tea Party,it was a series of laws passed to punish the colonists for the B.Tea Party.The first act closed the B. harbors, the second ended the Mass. constitution,the third gave the power for all of the trials to be held in Britain,the fourth made the colonists let soldiers live with them,and the fifth said that all of these would be valid in Quebec as well.The Intolerable Acts made the colonists to come together to get rid of Britain. -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a group of 12 delegates that met in Pennsylvania before the Revolutionary War. All of the colonies showed up except for Georgia, Georgia was fighting the Natives and needed Britain for supplies. The Congress issued A Declaration of Rights, Articles of Association, it also declared that they would stop exporting goods to Britain. The British reacted by taxing the colonists more. -
Edenton Tea Party
The Edenton Tea Party is when fifty-two women gathered together and decided to stop drinking tea from the British. This is one of the first organized political action by women in American history. When news got to Britain about what the women were doing, they were ridiculed. The colonists however praised it. -
Lexington and Concord
The battles of Lexington and Concord started the Revolutionary War. It started when a group of 100 British soldiers marched to Concord for an arms cache. Paul Revere then made his famous ride to warn everyone. A confrontation at Lexington started the battle, where the British retreated. -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was a group of delegates all from the thirteen colonies that got together and declared their independence from Britain. Britain's response to this declaration was to got to war.This Congress met all through the Revolutionary War. The Congress was made to combat Britain's unfair treatment, and later to decide how to win their independence. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was a formal document written by five people, that explained to the British what they were doing and why. Most of the Declaration of Independence was written by Thomas Jefferson. The day it was written is a national holiday and is believed to be the birthday of our nation. The British ridiculed the colonists at first, they thought that they weren't serious, when they realized that the colonists were serious, we went to war.
