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Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 marked the official boundaries that could be settled in America. -
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The Road To Revolution
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The Sugar Act
The Sugar Act taxed things such as sugar, molasses, wine, and whale fins and also gave harsh punishments for smugglers. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was a tax collected on legal and commercial documents. -
The Quartering Act
The colonial assemblies had to pay for British soldiers that stayed in America. -
The Declatory Act
This Act was passed after Parliament repealed the Stamp Act and encompassed the phrase that the Parliament had supreme rule over the colonies. -
The Townshend Revenue Act
The Townshend Revenue Act taxed glass, paint, oil, lead, paper, and tea. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a street fight between a patriot mob and British soldiers that took five lives. -
The Repeal of The Townshend Act
The British repealed all taxes as a result of The Boston Massacre except for the tea taxes. -
The Tea Act
The Tea Act in fact, did not impose and taxes but casued conflict between the colonists and the British. -
The Boston Tea Party
This event was also known as "The Destruction of Tea in Boston." -
The Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were a series of acts passed by Parliament that the colonists did not agree with at all. -
The Battles of Lexington and Concord.
These two battles were the first military engagements of The Revolution. -
The Battle of Bunker Hill
This was the first major battle in The Revolution led by General William Prescott. -
Thomas Paine's Common Sense
Common Sense is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine encouraging the colonies to fight for their independence. -
The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is a document that all of the Founding Fathers signed declaring independece from Britain.
