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Treaty of Paris 1763
This treaty ended the French and Indian war. Great Britain now controls the Ohio River Valley -
Sugar act
The Sugar Act of 1764 was the first law to raise tax revenue on the colonists. It increased the tax on foreign sugar imports. -
The Quartering Act
This act required that certain colonies provide housing and food for British troops -
Sons of Liberty
A group of people who boycotted British goods either peacefully or violently -
Stamp Act Congress
27 distinguished delegates from nine colonies gathered to debate about the stamp act -
Declaratory Act
The act the reaffirming Parliament’s right “to bind” the colonies “in all cases whatsoever.” -
Townshend Acts
Several acts that placed new taxes and took away some freedoms from the colonists -
Boston Massacre
A group of British soldiers were being provoked by a crowd of colonists and they open fired and killed or wounded 11 people. -
Daughters of Liberty
This was a group of women that boycotted British goods by spinning and weaving cloth -
Tea Act
Forced Colonists to buy tea from a certain company -
Boston Tea Party
Around 100 people from Boston, many wearing Indian clothing, raided the docks and smashed 342 chests of tea and dumped it in the Harbor in protest of the Tea Act -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were punitive laws passed by the British Parliament after the Boston Tea Party. -
Lexington and Concord
British troops had successfully defeated Lexington but got pushed back and sustained heavy casualties by the colonists in Concord -
Valley Forge
Freezing soldiers went without bread for three days and other supplies for months in the harsh winter -
Treaty of Paris 1783
The British finally recognized the Colonies independence
