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The Proclamation of 1763
forbade all settlements west of a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains -
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Stamp Act
to help pay for British troops stationed in the colonies during the Seven Years' War. -
Townshend Act
initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. -
Boston Massacre
seven British soldiers fired into a crowd of volatile Bostonians, killing five, wounding another six, and angering an entire colony. -
Boston Tea Party
an American political and mercantile protest on December 16, 1773, by the Sons of Liberty in Boston in colonial Massachusetts. -
Intolerable Acts
a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party. -
Declaration of Independence
states the principles on which our government, and our identity as Americans, are based. Unlike the other founding documents, the Declaration of Independence is not legally binding, but it is powerful. -
Articles of Confederation
an agreement among the 13 states of the United States, formerly the Thirteen Colonies, that served as the nation's first frame of government. -
Virginia Plan
outlined a strong national government with three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial.
