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the french and indian war
the French and Indian war was a war between the French and the British for territory of the Ohio river valley, in the end the British won -
the proclamation of 1763
the proclamation of 1763 was to stop colonist from moving west and getting into more fights the king decided to not let colonist move past the appellation mountains. -
Committees of Correspondence
American colonies’ means for maintaining communication lines in the years before the Revolutionary War. -
the suger act
they made it to end smuggling trade of sugar in the French and dutch west indies -
the stamp act
they placed taxes on paper, it required that you have to buy a stamp for every piece of paper you buy -
Quartering Act
parliament passed a law requiring colonists to pay to house troops in the colonies, it angered people in new York so they stopped paying taxes -
Townshend Act
They were made to collect revenue from the colonists in America by putting customs duties on imports of glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea. -
the Tea act
it was to decrease the absurd slurps of tea that was held by the british -
Boston Tea Party
The target was the Tea Act of May 10, 1773, which allowed the British East India company to sell tea from China in American colonies without paying taxes apart from those imposed by the Townshend Acts. -
Coercive Acts / Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. The laws were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest in reaction to changes in taxation by the British to the detriment of colonial goods. -
1st Continental Congress
Georgia decided against roiling the waters, they were facing attacks from the restive Creek on their borders and desperately needed the support of regular British soldiers. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord – “shot heard ‘round the world”
" The shot heard round the world " is a phrase that refers to the opening shot of the Battle of Concord on April 19th, 1775, which began the American Revolutionary War and led to the creation of the United States of America. -
2nd Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies that joined in the American Revolutionary War. -
Thomas Paine’s Common Sense
Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet “Common Sense,” setting forth his arguments in favor of American independence. Although little used today, pamphlets were an important medium for the spread of ideas in the 16th through 19th centuries.
