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The Albany congress
People from the 7 colonies met with Albany in New York. Purpose was to support the Iroquois -
French and Indian war
The war was fought between the colonies British and New France. -
Pontiacs rebellion
Caused the proclamation of 1763 to be made by king George 3 -
Proclamation of 1763
Issued by king George 3 following great britains acquisition. -
The sugar act
Titled The American Revenue Act of 1764. On April 5, 1764, Parliament passed a modified version of the Sugar and Molasses Act (1733), which was about to expire. -
The currency act
The colonies suffered a constant shortage of currency with which to conduct trade. extended the 1751 Act to all of the British colonies of North America. -
The stamp act
The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765. The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. -
The Quartering Act of 1765
Parliament enacted them to order local governments of the American colonies to provide the British soldiers with any needed accommodations or housing. -
The Virginia Stamp Act Resolutions
Patrick Henry, who was a new member to the House of Burgesses undertook a radical move against the authority of Parliament. -
The stamp act congress
with the warmest sentiments of affection and duty to His Majesty's Person and Government, -
The Declaratory Act
Thomas Jefferson was part of a Virginia delegation that planned to ask the Second Continental Congress to sever its ties from Great Britain. -
The Townshend Revenue Act
Taxes on glass, paint, oil, lead, paper, and tea were applied with the design of raising £40,000 a year for the administration of the colonies. -
Boston Non-Importation Agreement
some sixty merchants signed the Boston Non-Importation Agreement in opposition to Parliament’s ongoing attempts to levy taxes on the American colonies. -
The Boston Massacre
Was a street fight of throwing snowballs and stones and sticks -
The Gaspee Affair
The First Blow for Freedom Shortly before midnight on June 9, 1772, approximately sixty armed men from Providence, Rhode Island -
The Tea Act
It was designed to prop up the East India Company which was floundering financially and burdened with eighteen million pounds of unsold tea. -
The Boston Tea Party
Not only had the Crown attempted to tax the colonies on several occasions, but two taxes were still being collected -
The Intolerable Acts
Boston Port Act-
Administration of Justice Act
Massachusetts Government Act
Quartering Act of 1774
Quebec Act
The government spent immense sums of money on troops and equipment in an attempt to subjugate Massachusetts. -
The Edenton Tea Party
was a political protest in Edenton, North Carolina, in response to the Tea Act, -
The First Continental Congress
All of the colonies except Georgia sent delegates. These were elected by the people, by the colonial legislatures, or by the committees of correspondence of the respective colonies.
