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Treaty of Paris (1)
Signed on February 10th by the kingdoms of Great Britain, France, Spain, and Portugal in agrreement after Britain's victory over France and Spain while the Seven Years' War was occuring. -
Proclamation Act (2)
The Proclamation Act forbade all settlement past a line drawn along the Appalacian Mountains. -
Committee of Correspondence (3)
The Committee of Correspondence were governments organized by patriot leaders of the 13 colonies. -
The Sugar Act (4)
Parliament passed the Sugar Act on April 5th, 1764. The Sugar Act was an extension of the Molasses Act. It was proposed by Prime Minister George Grinville. -
The Stamp Act (5)
The Stamp Act was passed by the British parliament on March 22nd, 1765. -
The Quartering Act (6)
A name given to two Acts of British Parliament in local governments to provide the British soldiers with needed accommodations or housing. -
Stamp Act Congress (7)
The Stamp Act Congress was a meeting held in New York City. It was the first gathering of elected representatives from the American colonies. -
Stamp Act Repealed (9)
After numerous months of protest in America, the British Parliament repealed the Stamp Act. -
Declaratory Act (8)
The Declaratory Act was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain. It stated that the British Parliaments taxing authority was the same in America as in Great Britain. -
Townshend Act (10)
A series of acts passed by the Parliament of Great Britain relating to the British colonies in North America. -
Boston Massacre (11)
The Boston Massacre was a horrible street fight that occurred on March 5th, 1770. Several colonists were killed. Stones and sticks were thrown, there were also mobs. -
Tea Act (13)
The tea act was the final act in a number of policies and taxes imposed by Britain on American colonies. -
Boston Tea Party (12)
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston. 342 chests of tea were dumped into the harbor. -
Intolerable Acts (14)
The Intolerable Acts was a series of laws passed by the British Parliament after the Boston Tea Party. They were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for throwing a huge amount of tea shipment into the Boston Harbor. -
Continental Congress (15)
A convention of delegates called together from the 13 colonies which became the governing body of the United States. -
Declaration of Rights and Grievances (16)
The Declaration of Grievances was a document written by the Stamp Act Congress. -
Lexington & Concord (17)
Lexington & Concord was a battle fought during the American Revolutionary War. -
Bunker Hill (18)
Bunker Hill was a battle fought in 1775 in the early stages of the Revolutionary War. The British defeated the Americans. -
Olive Branch Petition (19)
It was an attempt to assert rights of the colonists while maintaining their loyalty to the British crown. -
Common Sense (20)
A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine setting forth his arguments in favor of American independence. -
Declaration of Independence (21)
The Declaration of Independence is a very important document that summarizes the colonists' motivations for seeking independence.
