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Mar 1, 1173
Committee of Correspondence
Called for colonies to send delegates to a colonial congress to discuss what to do next -
Proclamation Line
The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued October 7, 1763, by King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War, which forbade all settlement past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. -
stamp act
Almost all printed materials were taxed,including posters ,deeds,and even playing cards . This act was the first direct tax on the colonists (not just merchants .) -
Quartering Act
Required colonists to provide food and shelter to British soldiers . -
Declaratory Act 18 Mar 1766
To save face,this law declared England's authority to makes laws for the colonies .Protests and boycotts ,England repealed the Stamp Act . -
Towns Head Acts
This series of acts taxed items like tea,paper,and glass .Violators were tried in admiralty courts where they were presumed guilty .Writs of assistance,general warrants . -
Boston massacre
Colonists were furious , but tensions calmed when Britain repealed most of the Townshend Acts -
Tea Act
Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. The principal objective was to reduce the massive amount of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company in its London warehouses and to help the struggling company survive. -
Intolerable or Coercive Acts
American Patriots' term for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. They were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in throwing a large tea shipment into Boston Harbor. -
common sense
Common sense is a basic ability to perceive, understand, and judge things that is shared by ("common to") nearly all people and can reasonably be expected of nearly all people without need for debate. The everyday understanding of common sense derives from philosophical discussion involving several European languages. -
Declaration of Independence
John Adams believed that would be "the most memorable epocha in the history of America ". Congress finally approved it was August 2,1996 -
Shot Heard Around the World
Considered by many the start of the American Revolution .
