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Treaty of Paris
the Treaty of Paris was a treaty that ended the French and Indian war and because the British won, France gave up all their land to the Americans/Britains that lived there. -
The Proclamation of 1763
King George III's was of keeping Americans from moving past the Appalachian mountains and keeping them close to the ocean. -
the Stamp Act
British government places a tax on all printed items. -
Townshend Acts
the British government places yet another tax on tea, lead, paper, glass and paint in the colonies -
Boston Massacre
5 colonists are killed in Boston after a British soldier is knocked off his feet -
the Tea Act
British government applies the Tea Act, allowing the British East India Tea company to sell directly to merchants -
Boston Tea Party
Samuel and John Adams, along with members of the Sons Of Liberty dress up as Indians and raid a ship, throwing the tea off the ship into the sea. -
The Intolerable Acts
after the Boston Tea Party, the British passed the Intolerable Acts, originally called the Coercive Acts. This law closed Boston Harbor until the ruined tea was paid for. -
1st Continental Congress
a meeting of 12/13 delegates that met in Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia Pennsylvania in the beginning of the American Revolution -
2nd Continental Congress
the 2nd Continental Congress was another meeting that helped America move towards independence. This was also the meeting where the Declaration of Independence was written -
Midnight ride
Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Wentworth Cheswell ride to warn the patriots that the British were coming to take away their guns and ammunition they've been making to fight against them -
Lexington and Concord
British troops are sent to go and retrieve weapons, and ammunition from a militia in america. When they meet the militia, they fight and the British troops are defeated. -
Declaratory Act
the day after the Stamp act was repealed, the British came up with the Declaratory Act saying that they could make laws "In All Cases."
