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Proclamation of 1763
Closed off the frontier for colonial expansion -
The Sugar Act
Taxes on Sugar -
The Currency Act
Gave colonies ability to print paper money -
The Stamp Act
Britains first attempt to control the colonies -
The Quartering Act
Forced colonists to house British troops -
The Declaratory Act
Act that gave Britain that right to control the colonies -
The Townshend Revenue Act
Taxes on glass, paint, oil, lead, paper, and tea -
The Boston Massacre
Street fight started by the colonists which ended with 5 dead -
The Gaspee Affair
The boat, Her Majesty's Gaspee was looted and burned -
The Tea Act
Designed to sell the tea for East India Company at a bargain price -
The Boston Tea Party
Tea was thrown overboard in an act of rebellion -
The Boston Port Act (Intolerable Act)
A response to the Boston Tes Party. A barrier from: landing and discharging, loading or shipping, of goods, wares, and merchandise -
Administration of Justice Act (Intolerable Act)
Made to ensure Britains complete power of Americans -
Massachusetts Government Act (Intolerable Act)
Designed to restore order in Massachusetts -
Quartering Act (Intolerable Act)
Forced Americans to provide a home to the British Army -
Quebec Act (Intolerable Act)
Expanded the territory and guaranteed free practice of catholicism -
The rides of Paul Revere and William Dawes
Alerted the colonists of the arrival of British troops -
George Washington named Commander in Chief
Appointed two days before the battle of Bunker Hill -
The Virginia Declaration of Rights
Proclaimed the rights of men and gave them the ability to rebel against inadequate government. -
The First Virginia Constitution
Defines and limits the powers of the state government
