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french and Indian war
this was also known as the 7 year war, the war was between France and Britain, the British fought the France because they didn't like the idea of them expanding onto the Ohio river valley and the natives fought the English alongside the french. -
proclamation of 1763
the proclamation of 1763 was issued by king georgeIII. after the french and Indian war he felt the need to establish a proclamation that forbade colonials to settle west of the Appalachian mountains. -
sugar act
the sugar act was an act passed by king gorege III. the act was meant to end smuggling from other foreign distributors and to fund the British empire after the french and Indian war because they were in debt -
stamp act
the stamp act was established by the British parliaments because they were in debt and wanted revenue from the colonies but this required the colonist to pay a tax on paper. the colonist was angry and commanded that the stamp act be repealed. -
Quartering Act
parliament passed this act because they wanted to raising revenue from the British colonies. this required colonists to provide housing to British soldiers. they were being taxed to pay for provisions and barracks for the army -
Townshend Act
the British Parliament passed this act to imposed import duties on tea, paper, glass, red and white lead, and painter's colors. they needed money to supply people from the war. so they they taxes the colonist -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre killed five colonists.what lead up to this was the culmination of tensions in the American colonies that had been growing since Royal troops first appeared in Massachusetts in October 1768 to enforce the heavy tax burden imposed by the Townshend Acts. -
Committees of correspondence
this was important in setting up the First Continental Congress, which met in Philadelphia. These served an important role in the Revolution, by disseminating the colonial interpretation of British actions between the colonies and to foreign governments. -
Tea Act
the British parliament passed this act because they wanted to save the faltering East India Company from bankruptcy .the act’s main purpose was not to raise revenue from the colonies but to bail out the floundering East India Company, -
Boston Tea Party
this act was served as a protest against taxation. the colonists did not want to have to pay taxes on the British tea. -
Intolerable Acts
the British set harsh laws on the colonist because they were upset with by the Boston Tea Party and other blatant acts of destruction. There were three major acts involved, helped the colonies bond together. They joined together in boycotting British goods. This prepared the colonists for their war with the British and to declare their independence. -
first continental congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies who met from September 5 to October 26, 1774 to organize colonial resistance to Parliament's Coercive Acts. -
Lexington and concord
this was the start of a revolutionary war.this occurred when British army was sent to go get weapons from colonials in doing so they met untrained angry military of american citizens. shockingly they defeated the British and felt ready and prepared to go to war. -
second continental congress
when the revolutionary began,john lock and Benjamin Franklin and some other members met and discussed the justification of the war with Britain and lead effort for the war -
common sense
common sense was directed toward the colonist. Thomas Paine argues for American independence His argument begins about government and religion, then progresses onto the specifics of the colonial situation. -
deceleration of independence
the deceleration of Independence was written by Thomas Jefferson it was a document that declared independence from Britain and the formation of a new country, the USA. there were five men included and in charge of writing a formal statement declaring independence from Britain