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Writs of Assisrance
The writs were first introduced in Massachusetts in 1751 by James Otis -
Treaty of Paris
King George lll had representitives at the U.S to end the American Revolutionary War. Signed the Treaty of Paris -
Proclamation of 1763
King George III send the Proclamation to North America for the British fighting with the French in the French and Indian war for seven years -
Stamp Act
British Parliament in 1756 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents. -
Declatory Act
British Parliament that accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act. It stated that the British Parliament's taxing authority was the same in America as in Great Britain. -
Townshend Act
imposed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper and tea imported into the colonies. They had pay taxes for the tea they wanted. -
Boston Massacre
A fight broke out with the Patriots and the British soldiers when the Patriots were throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks. One of the colonist knock down one of the soldiers with a stone and the other soldiers shot several colonist. -
Tea Act
Final straw in a series of unpopular policies and taxes imposed by Britain on her American colonies. -
Boston Tea Party
a group of Patriots led by Samuel Adams known as the Sons of Liberty dressed up like indians and through the tea off the ship and spilled in the ocean. -
Intolerable Act
This punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party. American Patriots' term for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774. -
1st Continetal Congress
The first Continental Congress met in Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia. Carpenter's Hall was also the seat of the Pennsylvania Congress. All of the colonies except Georgia sent delegates. -
Midnight Ride Paul Ravere
Paul Revere was sent for by Dr. Joseph Warren and instructed to ride to Lexington, Massachusetts, to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock that British troops were marching to arrest them. -
Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.Paul Revere and other riders sounded the alarm. -
2nd Continetal Congress
Second Continental Congress met at the State House in Philadelphia. There were several new delegates including: John Hancock from Massachusetts, Thomas Jefferson of Virginia, and Benjamin Franklin from Pennsylvania.
