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Proclamation Act of 1763
The Proclamation Act of 1763 allowed Indians to live to own the lands they were living on. It also made sure all white settlers who moved onto the lands were removed immediately. The purpose of the proclamation was to organize England's new North American empire and to stabilize relations with Native North Americans through regulation of trade, settlement, and land purchases on the western frontier. -
Sugar Act of 1764
The Sugar Act was passed by the British Parliament in 1764. It raised duties on foreign refined sugar imported by the colonies so that the British sugar growers in the West Indies were given a monopoly on the colonial market. -
The Stamp Act of 1765
The Stamp Act of 1765 called for a direct tax from the British Parliament on the American colonies. It stated that all printed materials such as; magazines, newspapers, and legal documents had to be made on stamped paper from London. The taxes were imposed to help England pay for soldiers who were positioned in North America. And since the colonies were somewhat accountable for these expenses, they were expected to pay. -
Quartering Act
Acts enacted by Parliament to order local governments of the American colonies to provide Birtish soldiers with any needed accomodations. Also requires all colonists to provide food for any British troops in the area. Each Act was an amendment to the Mutiny Act and required renewals by the British Parliament. This was intensed to help with issues that resulted from the French and Indian War, and created tension between Britian and the colonies. -
Stamp Act Congess
Otherwise known as the First Congress of the Merican Colonies, the Stamp Act Congress held a meeting on October 7th and 25th, 1765, in New York Citey. The congress included representatives from the colonies in North America. This meeting marked the first gathering of elected representatives to get together and creat a protest against the English taxes. -
Declaratory Act 1766
An Act the the British Parliament that repealed the Stamp Act of 1765. It was repealed because the colonist's protesting was really hurting British trade. This declaration stated also that Parliament had equal authority in America than in England, and that they could pass whatever laws they wanted. -
Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts was a bunch of acts passed by British Parliament. They were proposed & named after, Charles Townshend. The Townshend Acts incluse: the Revenue Act of 1767, the Indemnity Acts, the Commissioners of Costoms Act, the Vice Admiralty Court Act, and the New York Restraining Act. The Act's purpose was to raise taxes in the colonies to pay for governers and judges. These Acts, like most others, were met with resistance from the colonists, & evenutally resulted in the Boston Massacre. -
Boston Massacre
An incident in which colonists were instagating and subjecting British troops stationed in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, to enforce unpopular Parliamentary legislation, to verbal threats and thrown objects. Nine soldiers, without orders, shot into the crowd, killing 5 men and injuring 6 others. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act was another Act imposed by the British Parliament. It had the purpose of reducing the massive surplus of tea held by the financially struggling British East India Company. This encouraged colonists to purchase Company tea on which the Townshend duties were paid. -
Coercive Acts
The Coercive Acts, was what the Birtish called the Intolerable Acts, as referred to by the colonists. It is the name of laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774, after the Boston Tea party. The Laws took away rights from Massachusetts like self-government & historic rights, making the colonists furious. It was a major part in triggering the American Revolution. Parliament had hoped that making an example of Massachusetts would reverse all trends of colonial resistance to their authority. -
Quebec Act of 1774
This act was imposed by the British parliament & set procedures of governance in the Province of Quebec. The act gave Great Britain an expanse of land including part of the Indian territory. Some examples of what the law enforced is as follows.The oath of allegiance was replaced with one that didn't reference the Protestant faith & the Act also gave religious freedom to Catholics & restored church's rights. Also it restored the use of French civil law, & granted unlimited testsamentary freedom. -
1st Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a convention of 56 delegates from 12 colonies, (not Georgia) that met in response to the passage of the Coercive (Intolerable) Acts, in Carpenters' Hall in Philadelpia. They met briefly to consider options, including an economic boycott of British trade, rights and grievances, and petitioned King George III for redress of those grievances. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a nonviolent protest again the British Parliament's taxes on tea. They threw the chests of tea sent by the East India Company into the Boston Harbor, destroying the tea. The British government responded harshly and it eventually became one of the reasons the Revolutationary War occurred, -
Battles of Lexington/Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. The wars were fought in Lexington and Concord. The battles marked the outbreak of open armed conflicted between the Britain and its thirteen colonies. -
2nd Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the 13 colonies that met after warfare in the American Revolutionary War had begun. The Congress met in the summer of 1775 and managed the colonial war effort, moved incrementally towards independence, raised armies, made treaties, directed strategy and adopted the United States Declaration of Independence on July 4th, 1776. -
Olive Branch Petition
The Olive Branch Petition was adopted by the Continental Congress on July 5th, 1775, in a fortified attempt to prevent a full-blown war between the 13 colonies and Great Britain. It is also hoped to cause reconciliation and peace between the British and their American colonies. It was also the last attempt by congress to stop a Revolutionary War. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is a statement adopted by the Continental Congress which announced that the thirteen American colonies, where now no longer part of the British Empire. They instead created a union that would become a new nation- the United States of America. John Adams lead the push for independence, which was animously approved on July 2nd.
