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Treaty of Paris
A treaty was signed by Great Britain, Spain, France and Portugal ending the Seven Years' War. Britain gained most of France's territory in North America. -
Proclamation Act
This act was issued following the Seven Years War which gave Great Britain French territory in North America and forbid settlement past the Appalachian Mountains. -
The Sugar Act
Parliament passed The Sugar and Molasses Act, which placed a tax on all foreign sugar and molasses. -
The Stamp Act
Parliament required American colonies to pay a tax on all printed paper they used including legal documents, licenses, newspapers and other publications. -
The Quartering Act
The Quartering Act required the American colonies to provide British soldiers with any accomodations or housing. -
Stamp Act Congress
Also known as the First Congress of The American Colonies, Stamp Act congress was a meeting held in New York city and was used to devise a protest against British taxation. -
Declaration of Rights and Grievances
This was a declaration that stated that taxes imposed on the colonists without formal consent was unconstitutional. -
Stamp Act Repealed
The Stamp Act which placed a tax on all paper products is repealed by British Parliament -
Declaratory Act
The Declaratory Act was passed by Parliament which accompanied the Stamp Act and lessened the Sugar Act because Britain was losing money from boycotts. -
Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts were a series of 6 laws that were mainly used in order to control revenue in the colonies. The laws were the Revenue Act of 1767, the Indemnity Act, the Commissioners of Customs Act, the Vice Admiralty Court Act, and the New York Restraining Act. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a street fight that occurred between a group of colonists throwing snowballs, sticks and stones at a group of British soldiers. Seven colonists died as a result. This fueled a propaganda movement for the patriots. -
Committee of Correspondence
Created first in Boston, a Committee of Correspondence was a shadow government used to oppose British policies early in the American Revolution. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act was the final unpopular policy that sparked colonist into protest. Britain placed a tax on all imported tea to the colonies. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest conducted by the Sons of Liberty. 340 Chests of British East India Company Tea was dumped into the Boston Harbor in protest of the unfair taxation on tea. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts was the name American Patriots gave to a series of laws passed by British Parliament meant to punish the Americans for The Boston Tea Party -
First Continental Congress
Delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies had a meeting at Carpenter's Hill in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania early in the American Revolution. -
Lexington & Concord
Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements in the American Revolutionary War. The term "shot heard around the world" is often attributed to these battles. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
This was a battle that took place between the American and British militaries. Although the name suggests it took place on Bunker Hill, it actually took place on Breed's Hill. The British advance on the hill in lines while the Americans waited patiently and fired once they saw the whites of their eyes. The British retreated, reformed lines and advanced once more with the same result. Finally when the British advanced a third time the outnumbered Americans were forced to retreat. -
Olive Branch Petition
This petition was adopted in a final attempt to avoid a full out war between the thirteen colonies and Great Britain. -
Common Sense
Common Sense is a pamphlet published by Thomas Paine that inspired the people of the thirteen colonies to declare independence from Britain. He used plain language that all of the people could understand. -
The Declaration of Independence
This document announced that the thirteen colonies then at war with Britain considered themselves thirteen newly independent sovereign states.
