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Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris was an imposition of the British. This treaty was for France to give up all its territories in North America, ending any foreign military threat to the british colonies there. -
The Proclamation Act
This proclamation was an imposition made by the British. This act was created by King George III after Britain had gained French territory in North America after the end of the Seven Years’ War which forbid all settlement past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. -
The Sugar Act
The Sugar act was an imposition of the British. This act was put in place for the British to be able to tax six pence per gallon of molasses. Although this act was enforced it had never been effectively collected due to the resistance of the colonies. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was an imposition made by the British. The act was passed by the british government stating that a new tax was created that required all American colonists to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. Some of the items included were: legal documents, newspapers, and even playing cards were taxed. -
The Quartering Ac
The Quartering Act was an imposition made by the British. The act stated that the American colonies were to provide British troops with housing. It also required the colonist to provide food for any British soldiers in the area. -
The Stamp Act Congress
his was a response from the colonies. In this was a meeting consisting of representatives from the British colonies that were against the new British taxation. The representatives were protesting against the requirement that made American colonists to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper. -
The Stamp Act Repeal
This was a response from the colonies. After months of protest from the colonists “taxation without presentation”, and an appeal by Benjamin Franklin, Parliament voted to repeal the stamp act after many Americans called for a boycott of British goods and some had even organized attacks on the homes of tax collectors. -
The Declaratory Ac
This act was an imposition made by the British. The Declaratory Act was passed by the British parliament to validate its power over the colonies. The declaration stated that the parliament’s authority was the same in America as in Britain and that parliament had the right to pass laws that were obligated on the American colonies. -
The Townshend Acts
The Townshend Act was an imposition made by the British. The act was made to collect revenue from the colonists in America by putting custom duties on imports or glass, lead, paints, paper and tea. -
Boston Massacre
The massacre was an imposition made by the British. The Boston Massacre was the killing of five colonists by British soldiers who were guarding the Customs House. The people were protesting the invasion of their city by the British troops by taunting them and throwing snowballs which made the troops to discharge their rifles at the crowd. -
The Committee of Correspondence
The Committee of Correspondence was a response from the colonies. This was a colonial resistance against the British policy and created a political union among the thirteen colonies. The Virginia House of Burgesses proposed that each colonial legislature assign a standing committee for representation. -
Tea Act
This act was an imposition made by the British. This act imposed a tax on tea and reduced the massive tea surplus of the British East India Company in London who had financial trouble.The Tea Act granted the British East India Company license to export their tea to the American colonies. -
Boston Tea Party
This incident was a response from the colonies. Since the colonists were outraged by the tax on tea Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty boarded three ships in the Boston Harbor disguised as Mohawk Indians and threw 342 chests of tea overboard. This resulted in fueling the rebellion against Britain. -
Intolerable Acts
This was an imposition made by the British. The Intolerable Acts were punitive laws created to punish the colonist for their rebellion after throwing an extremely large shipment of tea into the Boston Harbor. The Intolerable acts led to the closing of the city’s harbor until restoration was made for the destroyed tea. -
The First Continental Congress
This was a response from the colonies. The First Continental Congress was meeting that consisted of delegate from 12 of the 13 colonies. The representatives gathered at Carpenters’ Hall in Philadelphia to discuss their response to the British Intolerable Acts early in the American Revolution. -
The Declaration of Rights and Grievances
This was a response from the colonies. This declaration was written by the Stamp Act Congress that made it unconstitutional for the British to impose taxes on the colonies without giving them a formal consent. -
Lexington and Concord
These battles were a response from the colonies. The Battle of Lexington and Concord were the first military battles of the American Revolutionary War. Tension had been building up for many years and the colonists finally had the opportunity to fight for the freedom they deserved. -
Bunker Hill
The Battle at Bunker Hill was a response from the colonies. Early into the Revolutionary War the British had defeated the Americans at Bunker Hill in Massachusetts. Although the Americans had lost they still had made a significant number of casualties against the British. http -
Olive Branch Petition
The petition was a response from the colonies. The Olive Branch Petition was a letter to King George III from the members of the Second Continental Congress. This petition was the late attempt by the moderate party from the colonies to avoid a war of independence against Britain. -
Common Sense
Common Sense was a response from the colonies. Common Sense is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine advocating for independence from Britain to the american colonies. The pamphlet consisted of political arguments to encourage the colonists to fight for an equal government. -
Declaration of Independence
This was a response from the colonies. The Declaration of Independence was the document that was adopted by the second Continental Congress. The declaration announced that the thirteen were proclaimed as newly independent states and were no longer under the British rule.
