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This treaty ended the French and Indian War. British doubles size of their colonies all the way from Atlantic to Mississippi.
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Issued by the British King, prevented colonists from expanding into the new territory that they achieved during the war because they feared rebellion from the Native Americans.
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First taxed placed on colonists. Purpose was to raise money to pay for the French and Indian war.
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Required that many printed materials in the colonies be taxed.
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Required colonists to provide housing for soldiers if necessary. This particular act really infuriated the colonists.
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Meeting in New York consisting of representatives of British colonies.
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The Townshend acts taxed Americans on imported goods. Britain also used this as a way to assert their control over the colonies.
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All Townshend acts were repealed except for the tax on tea. There was a lot of pressure on the British merchants, so this act was repealed. British also wanted to keep the impression that they had the right to tax the colonists.
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Small fight between British soldiers and colonists. 5 deaths.
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Goal was to raise funds, and also support the British East India Company.
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Sons of Liberty dressed as native Americans and went on a British ship and threw vast amounts of tea overboard. They did this as a protest to the Tea Act.
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These laws were meant as a punishment for the colonists because of what happened during the Boston Tea Party.
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Meeting of 12/13 delegates to discuss the new acts and taxes that had been placed on them. Issued the Declaration of Resolves
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Patrick Henry gives a speech to encourage the other colonists to fight for their freedom.
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Lexington and Concord was the first official battle of the Revolutionary War. (Hence why it is called the shot heard around the world)
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Managed war effort, finances, and supplies. It consisted of the same delegates as the First Congress, and happened after the war was already starting.
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The first major battle of the American Revolution. Was fought during the siege of Boston, and resulted in a British Victory.
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Thomas Paine wrote this pamphlet as an attempt to inspire colonists to fight for their independence.
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A document created to claim the rights of men as an attempt to abolish an unfair government. This later led to several more documents, like the Declaration of Independence.
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Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence after congress suggested getting their own independence.
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The articles were written between 1776-1777. They were adopted on Nov. 15, 1777. But were not actually fully ratified until 1781.
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This treaty formally ended the Revolutionary War.
