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Treaty of Paris
The French lost their land in North America. The British received Quebec and the Ohio River Valley.The British gave Spain all of the land west of the Mississippi River.This was a significant event because it brought the colonists together. -
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The Proclamation line of 1763
The British created an imaginary line and told the colonists not to pass the line. The colonist got mad because they wanted the opportunity to use the land. This is significant because it created tension between the colonists and Great Britten -
The sugar act
The sugar act was a tax the colonists had to pay for sugar ,whine, coffee and other foreign goods this hurt their economy and it upset them because they did nit wanna pay taxes. -
The quartering act
The quartering act was a law that everyone had to let solders in there house if they didn't have a place to stay even if they didn't want them there. This was significant because this lead to the Boston massacre in 1770. -
Stamp act
The stamp act was a tax on all paper documents in the colonies. This tax was created for the king to pay off his dept from the French and Indian war.This was significant because it created the issue of taxation without representation. -
The Townshend act
The Townshend act was a taxation for glass, lead, paints, paper and tea. This resulted to the Americans viewing taxation as an abuse for power. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston massacre was about the colonial people rioting about not wanting the quartering act. This was significant because after the riot the colonial people got killed and this destroyed the trust between Bostonian's and the resident redcoats. -
committees of correspondence
The committees of correspondence were temporary emergency governments created in response to British policy on the eve of the American Revolution throughout the Thirteen Colonies. this was significant because the committees of correspondence railed colonial opposition against British policy and created a political union among the Thirteen Colonies. -
The Tea act
The tea act was one of several measures imposed on the American colonists by the indebted British government. The main purpose of the tea act was to bail out the the east India company.This was significant because it lead to the Boston tea party. -
The Boston tea party
The Boston tea party was a political protests by the sons of liberty in Boston,Massachusetts. Some of the demonstrators were dressed up as Native Americans in defiance of the tea act they destroyed a entire shipment of tea sent by East India. This was significant because this lead to the American Revolution. -
coercive acts/ intolerable acts
The intolerable acts included : the Massachusetts government act,justice act, quartering act,Quebec act the purpose was to punish the colonists for dumping their tea.This is significant because it brought the colonists together. -
First continental congress
The first continental congress consisted of fifty-six delegates from all the colonies except Georgia. They drafted a declaration of rights and grievances against the British. This is significant because it was the first step to gaining their freedom from the British. -
Battles of Lexington and Conrad
The battles of Lexington and Conrad started the American Revolutionary War.This was significant because afterwords the colonists won their freedom. -
Thomas Paines common sense
common sense was a book written by Thomas Paine calling for Independence from Great Britain. This was significant because it influenced the Deceleration of Independence. -
second continental congress
The second continental congress created the continental army. George Washington would be the commander and chief. After that they created money. This is significant because this was U.S.A'S first actual government.
