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The Revolutionary War

By Jennah_m

  • The Proclamation Line of 1763

    The Proclamation Line of 1763
    • The Proclamation of 1763 was issued by King George III.
    • It began at the end of the French and Indian War by the British.
    • It was one of many attempts to define a boundary that would separate colonists from Native Americans.
    • The intent of a separation boundary was to reduce conflict and the costs to maintain peace in the border zone between two cultures.

  • The Sugar Act

    The Sugar Act
    • The Sugar Act of 1764 is also known as the Plantation Act or Revenue Act.
    • It was an extension of the Molasses Act which was set to expire in 1763.
    • It was proposed by Prime Minister George Grenville.
    • The goal of the act was to raise revenue to help defray the military costs of protecting the American colonies.

  • The Currency Act

    The Currency Act
    • The Currency Act of 1764 was also known as the Seven Years War.
    • The act banned the use of paper money in all colonies.
    • It was a British Law, passed by the Parliament of Great Britain.

  • The Stamp Act

    The Stamp Act
    • The Stamp Act of 1765 was a law passed by Parliament taxing all paper used for printed materials in the colonies.
    • This law required that all materials printed in the colonies be printed on paper embossed with an official revenue stamp.
    • These printed materials included magazines, newsletters, legal documents and newspapers.

  • The Quartering Act of 1765

    The Quartering Act of 1765
    *It was passed by Parliament and signed into law by King George III.
    * The Quartering Act required the colonial legislatures to house all the British troops that were stationed in America and to provide food and supplies after the French and Indian War.
    * The cost of keeping soldiers in the colonies was high.

  • The Townshend Revenue Act

    The Townshend Revenue Act
    • The Townshend Acts imposed regulations on glass, lead, paints, paper and tea imported into the colonies.
    • It regulated colonial trade by taxing items needed by the colonies.

  • The Boston Massacre

    The Boston Massacre
    • It was also known as the Incident on King Street by the British.
    • A British had an argument with a colonists and so their troops followed behind and and a colonist struck a Britain, so it was Britain vs the Colonists.
    • Shots were fired by the soldiers and killed people including sailor Crispus Attucks.

  • The Gaspee Affair

    The Gaspee Affair
    • It was a very significant event in the lead-up to the American Revolution.
    • A local vessel out of Newport was under way to Providence when its captain baited the HMS Gaspee and led Duddington into shallow waters near Warwick.

  • The Tea Act

    The Tea Act
    • The Tea Act was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain.
      • It granted the British East India Company Tea a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies.

  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    • It was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts.
    • 342 chests of tea belonging to the British East India Company were thrown from ships into Boston Harbor by American patriots.
    • They were disguised as Mohawk Indians.