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Treaty of Paris
1) The treaty ended the seven years war between Great Britain and France also known as the French and Indian War. This happened because France gave up its North American mainland territories. -
Proclamation Act
2) After the French and Indian War, control and protection over the colonies became a great amount. Only licensed traders were able to go West by the Indians, and Native Americans began to be more protected from the white attacks. -
The Sugar Act
3) A British Law passed to put a tax on sugar and molasses being imported. With this the manufacturing of rum changed because rum is made from sugar. -
The Stamp Act
4) There was tax being put on all printed paper in which American colonist used. The money being made off of the tax was going towards costs for defending the Americans near the Appalachian Mountains. -
The Quartering Act
5) American colonists had to give the British soldiers all they needed including housing and food. The Quartering Act is made up of two acts of the local British government. -
Stamp Act Congress
6) First congress that protested against the stamp act law. James Otis suggested the inter colonial conference. -
Stamp Act Repealed
7) The taxes rose up to make money for the British army. The colonists were made to buy stamps which caused great outrage. -
Declaratory Act
8) A factor in the appeal of the Stamp Act because the boycotts were hurting the British trade therefore used this act to justify. This act also decreased the amount of taxes being put on sugar. -
Townshend act
9) The English Parliament made tax on all imported items into the colonies such as glass, paper, tea, lead,etc. After some complaints from the American about overusing power, all taxes were taken off except the tax on tea. -
Boston Massacre
10) After continuous tensions building up between American colonies, there were five colonists killed by the British. The shootings are known as "The spark that ignited the Revolutionary War". -
Tea Act
11) The act got rid of the tax on tea being exported to the American colonies by the British East India Company. The tax helped the company out of debt. -
Committee of Correspondence
12) Throughout the thirteen colonies emergency governments were established before the American Revolution. This was the first way of communication between the colonies. -
Boston Tea Party
13) Against the tax of Tea, the sons of Liberty took over three Boston Harbor ships and threw overboard about 342 chests of tea. Samuel Adams led the group of Patriots. -
Intolerable Acts
14) The acts were passed after the Boston Tea Party. They were meant to punish colonists. -
Declaration of Independence
15) A document announcing that the thirteen colonies were no longer under the British control and had became thirteen individual states. Thomas Jefferson composed the draft of the Declaration. -
1st Continental Congress
16) In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania there was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies. The first meeting was designed to protest the Intolerable Acts. -
Declaration of Rights and Grievances
17) Document stating that taxes put on the British without their consent was unconstitutional. This document was written by the Stamp Act Congress. -
Lexington & Concord
18) First Battles of the American Revolutionary War. Hundreds of British troops in sight to steal weapons marched from Boston to Concord. -
Bunker Hill
19) In Massachusetts the Americans were defeated by the British early in the Revolutionary war. The British goal was to take over the hills surrounding Boston. -
Appeal to Reason Rejected
20) King George III refused a petition meant for him about hope between Great Britain and the colonies. John Dickinson then told the colonist they had to begin to fight in their own defense. -
Common Sense
21) A pamphlet published by Thomas Paine. Written to persuade Great Britain to give the thirteen colony people independence.
