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Treaty of Paris
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The Treaty Of Paris ended the French and Indian War. Declared that France could no longer be a power in America. -
Proclamation of 1763
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The Proclamation of 1763 stated that the British colonists could not go past the applachian mountains because it was Indian territory. -
Stamp Act
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The Stamp Act made the colonists pay a tax for every printed item they bought. This included papers, legal documents, licenses, and newpapers. The colonists hated the Stamp Act because they had no say in it whatsoever. -
Declatory Act
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The Declatory Act stated that the British had the authority to tax any items in American colonies as if they were in Great Britain. It helped change/lessen the Sugar Act and joined the repeal of the stamp act. -
Townshend Acts
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The Townshend Acts were a series of laws passed by Parliament. The Townshend acts placed a tax on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea. Many colonists saw the Townshend Act as an abuse of power. Parliament repealed all the townshend duties except the one on tea. -
Boston Massacre
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The Boston Massacre was a small street fight between colonists and British "red coats." The colonists began throwing objects at the British soldiers, when one of the soldiers was hit badly, he fell down. The other "red coats" thought the colonists had opened fire on them and started shooting. Five male colonsists died. -
Tea Act
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The Tea Act was designed to give East India Company a tax break on tea.The tea was supposed to be sold directly to the colonies and sold at a bargain price. -
Boston Tea party
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The Boston Tea Party was a protest started by the Sons Of Liberty. The colonists dressed up like indians and threw a large shipment of tea overboard. -
Intolerable Acts
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The Intolerable acts were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists' for throwing a large shipment of tea overboard. The Intolerable acts also included a series of acts Bristish Parliament passed including,the Boston Port act, the Quebec act, and the Quartering act. -
First Continental Congress
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The First Continental Congress was a meeting of twelve out of the thirteen colonies that met on september fifth to october 1774. They met in the congress hall in Philedelphia. -
Lexington and Concord
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General Thomas Gage sent British soldiers quartered in Boston to Lexington and Concord where they would try to capture Samuel Adams and John Hancock, they would then also seize their gunpowder. Spies of the colonists including Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Samuel Prescott warned the colonsists that the "British were coming." They had a smalll militia of men waiting at Lexington to stall the British before arriving at Concord -
Midnight Ride: Revere, Cheswell, Dawes
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When Paul Revere, Wentworth, and William Dawes found out that the British were going to attack the colonists they set out to warn everyone at Lexington and Concord. They exclaimed "the british are coming, the british are coming." -
Second Contiental Congress
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The Second Continental Congress was a group of delegates that met in Philadelphia. All thirteen colonies were represented. The Second Continental Congress was led by John Hancock.
