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1. Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris of 1763 ended the French and Indian war between Great Britain and France. It was fought in North America over the land. -
2. Proclamation act
King George III following the French Indian war forbidding the settlement past the Appalachian mountains. -
3. Sugar act
It was a tax on the purchase of sugar and molasses. I was taxed because it was imported. -
4. Stamp act
British made a tax on stamp act. It was on stamps for newspapers and commercial documents. -
5. Quartering act
The British makes the colonial people to house the British army member. -
6. stamp act congress
The stamp act was voted to be repealed on this date -
7. Stamp act repealed
On this date the parliament voted to repeal the stamp act. -
8. Declaratory act
This act gave British parliament all the power over the colonies. -
9. townshend act
This was to make sure the colonists knew that Britain had the power. -
10. Boston massacre
This was the day that British soldiers opened fire at a line of colonists and killed 5 and injured 6. -
11.committee of correspondence
One person from each colony was a part of a committee that would report to England. -
12. Tea act
This was a tax on tea to stop the mass spread of it. -
13. Boston tea party
A bunch of colonists went on a boat a dumped all the tea into the Boston harbor. -
14. Intolerable acts
Passed to punish the colonists for the Boston tea party. -
15. 1st continental congress
first meeting of the congress that was held at Carpenter's hall in Philadelphia. -
16.Declaration of Rights and Grievance
Passed so that England can't pass taxes on the colonies with out written consent. -
17. Lexington and concord
The first battle of the revolutionary war fought in Massachusetts. -
18. Bunker Hill
Greatest battle happened in Boston and pushed the Americans back until they ran out of gun powder. -
19. appeal to reason rejected
was a letter to King George III to try and stop war. -
20. common sense
A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine to tell the 13 colonies about independence from England. -
21. declaration of independence
The day we declared as an independent country.