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The French and Indian War
the North American colonies of the British Empire against those of the French Unrest-O-Meter 9 because a war broke out but wasn't a awful war -
Colonists move west of the Appalachian Mountains
After the Seven Years' War, the British Parliament creates the Indian Proclamation Line of 1763, which dis allows colonists from settling west of the middle of the Appalachian Mountains Unrest-O-Meter 10 because they are restricting them from settling in a certain area which can be life changing for some and is a big action -
Paxton Boys
The Paxton Boys were frontiersman from along the Susquehanna River in central Pennsylvania who formed a group in 1763 to terrorize local American Indians in the aftermath of the French and Indian War Unrest-O-Meter 3 because it was a retaliation but not a large retaliation -
Royal Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation Line of 1763 was a British-produced boundary marked in the Appalachian Mountains at the Eastern Continental Divide. Unrest-O-Meter 10 because it produced a boundary and effected many people -
Sugar Act
a revenue-raising act passed by the Parliament of Great Britain on 5 April 1764 Unrest-O-Meter 8 because it effected many and caused retaliation -
Currency Act
The Currency Act is one of several Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain that regulated paper money issued by the colonies of British America. Unrest-O-Meter 8 because it caused colonist to get mad and it caused retaliation -
Daughters of Liberty
The Daughters of Liberty was the female association that was formed in 1765 to protest the Stamp Act Unrest-O-Meter 7 because although it was a protest it wasn't a very large violent extreme protest -
Regulator Movement
The Regulator Movement, was an uprising in Provincial North Carolina Unrest-O-Meter 5 because it was a uprising but not a very bad or extreme one -
Sons of Liberty
The Sons of Liberty was a political organization active in the Thirteen American Colonies founded to advance the rights of the colonists and to fight taxation by the British government Unrest-O-Meter 8 because it caused them to fight taxation -
Virginia Resolves
The Virginia Resolves were a series of resolutions passed by the Virginia House of Burgesses in response to the Stamp Act of 1765 Unrest-O-Meter 6 because it was a response to the stamp act -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Acts were Acts of British Parliament requiring local governments of the American colonies to provide the British soldiers with housing and food Unrest-O-Meter 8 because it changed lives for some and caused retaliation -
Stamp Act Congress
It was the first colonial action against a British measure and was formed to protest the Stamp Act issued by British Parliament Unrest-O-Meter 10n because It was the first colonial action against a British measure -
Declaratory Act
the declaration by the British Parliament that accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act. the British Parliament's taxing authority was the same in America as in Great Britain. Unrest-O-Meter 5 because it accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act of 1765 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which imposed a direct tax on the British colonies in America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London Unrest-O-Meter 4 because was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain -
Townshend Duties
The Townshend Acts, named after Charles Townshend, British chancellor of the Exchequer, imposed duties on British china, glass, lead, paint, paper and tea imported to the colonies. Unrest-O-Meter 7 because it imposed duties on British china, glass, lead, paint, paper and tea imported to the colonies. -
Colonists boycott British goods
The Boston Non-importation agreement was to protest the Townshend Revenue Act and boycott the majority of British goods Unrest-O-Meter 5 because it was agreement was to protest the Townshend Revenue Act and boycott the majority of British goods -
Boston Massacre
British soldiers shot and killed several people who they saw to be a mob. Unrest-O-Meter 10 because lives were taken during a retaliation -
Gaspée incident
on June 9 near Gaspee Point in Warwick, Rhode Island. A group of men led by Abraham Whipple and John Brown attacked, boarded, and torched the ship. Unrest-O-Meter 8 because A group of men led by Abraham Whipple and John Brown attacked, boarded, and torched the ship. which was a big retaliation -
Committees of correspondence
a committee is formed when the Boston selectmen vote to establish a 21st member Committee of Correspondence. Unrest-O-Meter 2 because there was no true unrest -
Tea Act
The act granted the company the right to ship its tea directly to the colonies without first landing it in England, and to commission agents who would have the sole right to sell tea in the colonies. Unrest-O-Meter 4 because certain peoples lives change -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was an American political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts Unrest-O-Meter 10 because it was a great act of retaliation -
Intolerable Acts
laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. The laws were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest in reaction to changes in taxation by the British Government. Unrest-O-Meter 7 because The laws were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest -
Quebec Act
The Quebec Act was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain setting procedures of governance in the Province of Quebec. Unrest-O-Meter 2 because there was no true unrest -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies that became the United States Unrest-O-Meter 3 because there was no real unrest -
Lexington and Concord
The battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. Unrest-O-Meter 7 because there was a war with death -
Declaration of Independence
The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence freeing them from great Britain Unrest-O-Meter 10 because it freed the us for good