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The road to Independence
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Proclamation of 1763
Issued by King George III, following Great Britain's gain of French territory in North America, after the end of the French and Indian War, in which it didn't allow settlers to settle past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. -
Sugar Act of 1764
British Parliment puts tax on sugar and molasses, due to smuggling. Also impart of the recent French and Indian War the British raised taxes to provide revenues to fund enlarged responsibilities. -
Stamp Act of 1765
Taxes on every piece of printed paper they used. Ships's papers,legal documents,licenses, newspapers,and even playing cards.Money was used for American frontier near the Appalachian Mountains. -
Quartering Act of 1765
An act for punishing mutiny and for the better payment of the army. -
Stamp Act Congress
Meeting in New York from October 7th to the 25th with some of the british colonies. The first gathering of elected representatives from severalof the American colonies to make a protest against british taxation. -
Declaratory Act of 1766
The Declarartory Act of 1766 was an act passed by british parliment that repealed the Stamp Act of 1765, due to boycotts and a decline in trade. -
Townshend Acts 1767
Originated by Charles Townshend and passed by the English Parliament after the repeal of the Stamp Act. They were made to collect revenue from the colonists in America by putting taxes on imports of glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea. -
Boston Massacre
Five colonist were killed by British soldiers. Tensions were rising due to the high taxaton and presence of British troops in America. There are many stories as to how the shooting began. -
Tea Act of 1773
The Tea Act, passed by Parliament on May 10, 1773, gave the British East India Company Tea a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies. This made the colonist upset because some made money from tea themselves . -
Boston Tea Party
A group refered to as the Sons Of Liberty dressed as indians and boarded british ships. They then procceded to dump over 92,000 pounds of tea into Boston Harbor -
Coercive Acts 1774
A series of laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 relating to Massachusetts after the Boston Tea Party. The acts denied Massachusetts of self-government and historic rights, starting outrage in the Thirteen Colonies. -
Quebec Act 1774
Passed by the British Parliament to have a permanent administration in Canada replacing the temporary government created at the time of the Proclamation of 1763. -
1st Continental Congress
1st Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from twelve colonies (not Georgia) that met in Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution. It was to counter the Coercive Acts passed by British Parliament. -
Battles of Lexington/ Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military battles of the American Revolutionary War.They were fought on April 19, 1775, in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy, and Cambridge, near Boston. -
2nd Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the 13 colonies that started meeting in the summer of 1775, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, soon after fighting in the American Revolutionary War had begun. Helped move closer to independence. -
Olive Branch Petition
John Dickinson wrote the Olive Branch Petition, which was taken up by the Second Continental Congress on July 5 and submitted to King George on July 8, 1775. They tried to assert the rights of the colonists while maintaining their loyalty to the British crown. -
Declaration of Independence
Drafted by Thomas Jefferson between June 11 and June 28, 1776, the Declaration of Independence is the nation's most cherished symbol of liberty. It declares the independance from England and is now selfgoverning.
