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Proclamation in 1763
It was intended to conciliate the Indians by checking the encroachment of settlers on their own lands. Since the proclamation, it has now become one of the cornerstones of Native American law in the United States and Canada. -
The Stamp Act of 1765
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The Quartering Act
Acts of British parliament forcing Amercian colonist to house British soldiers -
The Declaratory Act of 1766
Declared that the authority of parliament was the same in America as in Britain -
The Boston Massacre
a street fight that occurred between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. Several colonists were killed. -
The Boston Tea Party
A whole shipment of tea, sent by the East India Company is distroyed by american protestors. -
First Continental Congress
A meeting of colonial delegates in Philadelphia to decide how to respond to the closing of Boston Harbor, increased taxes by the British government -
The Coercive Acts
The Coercive Acts describe a series of laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 relating to Britain's colonies in North America. -
Paine writes Common Sense
Thomas Paine writes Common Sense. Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that provoked people in the thirteen colonies to declare war and fight for independence from Great Britain -
The Declaration of Independence
A document that expressed that the colonist regarded themselves as independent sovereign states and no longer a part of the British Empire
