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Navigation acts
The navigation acts was an act to protect English trade. This meant that the English could only trade with England. Meaning that anything that the English wanted to trade, it would've had to been with England. This angered the English because the molasses that England had was more expensive than France. https://youtu.be/gIxBHbV1ZAs -
Mercantilism
Mercantilism was an economic practice meaning that meant a lot of things. It meant things such as banning the export of gold and silver, even for payments, forbidding trade on foreign ships, and maximizing the use of domestic resources. This was a huge economic practice back then because this was how most countries made money. https://youtu.be/b4pnutYN97U -
French and Indian war
The French and Indian war is a 7 Year long war between France and Britain. it started in 1756 to 1763. It was caused by multiple conflicts with France and Britain and also when France expanded into the Ohio river valley. The affect of this and event and why it's important is because it marked the start of the american revolution. https://youtu.be/VJ31VuyTWB4 -
Writs of assistance
The writs of assistance are search warrants that allow British soldiers to inspect any property for any smuggled goods. The settlers felt that they had no privacy to themselves and that their natural rights were violated. In response, James Otis argued to the court of massachusetts. https://youtu.be/LQrkWwLgkxk -
Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 is a proclamation where Indians are not allowed to trespass onto settlers property. To prevent this,a border was made across the Appalachian mountains to prevent Indians from crossing as soldiers stood guard. The effect this had was that this led to soldiers being able to quarter in settler's homes. Which then led to the quartering act. https://youtu.be/vjmAtqnEwCY -
Sugar act
The Sugar Act is another of the many acts passed by the king. It placed a direct tax on Sugar and molasses. The colonists became angered with the tax they had to pay, so they boycotted sugar and molasses in order to have Britain have a economic loss due to no products being bought. This Then led to King George to pass the stamp act. https://youtu.be/JcI16BnXIl0 -
Quartering Act
The quartering act is an act issued by King George III. It was made to provide housing, food, and bedding to soldiers by the settlers. The settlers believed that they should not have to be forced to provide housing to soldiers. The settlers decided to refuse to give soldiers housing which led to parliament repealing the quartering act and passed the Sugar Act. https://youtu.be/kykipTpk1YE -
Stamp act
The Stamp act is another tax made by King George III.It issued a tax on all legal documents. The settlers thought this was wrong, so they resorted to mob violence and tarred and feathered tax collectors. They also hung effigies on trees to threaten the king.This then led to the declaratory act. https://youtu.be/KOpgiYCbOuc -
Declaratory act
The Declaratory act is an act by King George in response to repealing the stamp act. Unlike the other acts, the declaratory act did not issue any taxes, but it reinforced parliament's law making power onto the settlers. This meant that parliament had full control over the settlers. They could tax the settlers whenever they felt like it. As a result, settlers refused any of the actions that parliament asked. As a result, this led to the Townsend Acts. https://youtu.be/KL__fw4UMP4 -
Townshend acts
The townshend actis an act passed by Charles Townshend, who was a member of parliament. The tax meant that all things that were being imported into the colonies, such as glass, lead, paper, paint, and tea were all taxed coming in. Since settlers viewed his as an abuse of power, Parliament repealed the townshend acts, except for tea. This then led up to the tea act which then leads to the Boston tea party. https://youtu.be/epZpkNDExsk -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre is a key event that sparked the American Revolution.It started as British Soldiers were standing guard after a riot of people were throwing snowballs and rocks at them as they stood guard. One of the soldiers gave the signal to fire as five colonials were killed. Among them was an African american known as Crispus Attucks. https://youtu.be/_Ee1RAhDm3w -
Boston tea party
The Boston Tea Party is a form of rebellion done by the colonists. The Sons of Liberty were disguised as Mohawk Indians and boarded a ship loaded with tea. Then they decided to throw all of the tea over into the harbor as a protest for having to pay a tax on tea. Over 300 chests of tea were dumped, which angered British parliament to the point where the Intolerable acts were enforced. https://youtu.be/Psyg-ffKbzM -
Intolerable acts
The intolerable acts was an act in response to the Boston Tea Party. This act was made in order to make the Sons of Liberty pay for all the damage that was caused to the harbor. As a result, the British blocked off the harbor until all the tea was paid for. https://youtu.be/deU_9QzH5sQ -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
The battle of Lexington and concord is the battle that kicked off the revolutionary war. Since the tension between the colonists and the British army, The British had began marching toward Boston to take an arms cache, Paul Revere, one of the sons of liberty, gave the warning that the British were coming. https://youtu.be/fjnEC76NvIM -
Common sense
Common sense is a pamphlet published by Thomas Paine for his arguments about American independence. His pamphlet advised independence for the American colonies. Thomas Paine's Common sense had a significant role in sparking the american revolution. Which led to the declaration of independence. https://youtu.be/QwJAaaglXsk -
Declaration of independence
The declaration of independence is a declaration written mainly by Thomas Jefferson.In the midst of the revolutionary war (led by George Washington), the continental congress was tasked with drafting a formal statement of all of the colonies' intentions. Finally, congress adopted the declaration of independence on July 4th, 1776. This is now known as independence day and thus ended the revolutionary war. https://youtu.be/k4LNVVyPR_4
