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The Proclamation Act
On October 7, 1763 an act was put in place to conciliate the Native Americans by checking the encroachment of settlers on their land. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris ended the French and Indian war also known as the seven years war between Great Britain and France. -
The Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was created basically to stop illegal trade of sugar and molasses. The British did not want the Americas to trade with anyone else, especially Spain and France. -
The Quartering Act
This is where British soldiers are required to find a room and stay in American Colonies. -
The Stamp Act
This act required colonists to pay taxes on every piece of printed paper they used. It was passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765. -
Stamp Act Congress
This was the first real congress in America. This included congress members from the British colonies within North America. It was held in New York City. This is important because even though the colonies had differing opinions, they had to come together and make a plan. -
Declaration of Rights and Grievances
This was created so the colonies could state that taxes from the British were no longer going to be excepted. This was mostly important because of the stamp act, which stated that no documents or any paper could be printed on without taxes. -
Declaratory Acts
An act where the Parliament of Great Britain repealed the Stamp Act and making the Sugar Act lessen. -
Stamp Act Repealed
After a long few months of waiting and fighting, the stamp act was repealed. The colonies protested against the stamp act until finally it was stopped in 1776, by the British. -
Townshend Act
This was an act that taxed British imports that were for the American colonies. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre took place on March 5, 1770. It was a deadly riot that started between American colonists and a lone British soldier but, quickly escalated into a chaotic, bloody massacre. This event paved the way for the American Revolution. -
Committee of Correspondence
This was one of the first ways that the American colonies could communicate with each other before the revolution. -
Tea Act
This was to reduce big amounts of tea held by the British. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest that took place on December 16, 1773. The american colonists were angry that they were being taxed without representation so, they dumped 342 chests of British tea into the harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
At this point the Americans couldn't "tolerate" the harsh British laws, so the intolerable acts were five laws passed by the British government, these laws were created as a punishment after the Boston Tea Party. -
First Continental Congress
There was voted 12 delegates to stand for 12 of the thirteen colonies. This took place at Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Georgia was the only colony that did not participate. -
Appeal to Reason Rejected (aka: Olive Branch Petition)
Olive Branch Petition was the Americans last attempt to avoid going to war with Britain. It stated their rights as British citizens and pledged their loyalty. -
Lexington and Concord
On April 19, 1775 the battles of Lexington and Concord were fought which kicked off the Revolutionary war. -
Bunker Hill
Bunker Hill was a battle fought by the British and Americans. It was fought in Massachusetts, won by the British. Even though the colonists were defeated, this gave them more confidence at the end of the day. -
Common Sense
A pamphlet written by Thomas Pain establishing American Independence against the British. -
Declaration of Independence
There were five men appointed for the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson was elected to write the first draft. It wasn't presented to the congress until June 28, 1776. It was written to state everything the colonies wanted, which was pretty much just freedom.
