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American and indian war
also known as the seven year war where the British and Indians fought against the french for land. -
treaty of paris 1763
ended the french and indian war -
Proclamation Line of 1763
forbade all settlement past a line drawn along the Appalachian mountains -
Sugar Act
to lower tax for the molasses -
Stamp Act
imposed a direct tax on the colonies of the British american -
Declaratory Act
stated that the British parliament, taxing authority was the same in america as in great Britain. -
Townshend Revenue Acts
designed to collect revenue from the colonists in America by putting customs duties on imports of glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea. -
Boston Massacre
incident were army soldiers shot and killed while under intense attack of a mob. -
The Tea Act
granted the british east indies company tea a monopoly on tea sales in the american colonies. -
Boston Tea Party
was a political protest by sons of liberty in boston -
Quartering act of 1774
made provisions for British troops to be given food and shelter at the expense of the American colonists -
Intolerable Acts
American Patriots' term for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. -
First Continental Congress
meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies that met on September 5 to October 26, 1774, at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War -
Olive Branch Petition
It was an attempt to assert the rights of the colonists while maintaining their loyalty to the British crown. -
Thomas Paine writes “Common Sense”;
a document advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. -
George Washington named Commander in Chief
a leader of the revolutionary movement in Virginia, a former commander of Virginia's frontier forces, and a British colonial army officer, was commissioned "commander-in-chief of the army of the United Colonies -
Second Continental Congress
managed the colonial war effort, and moved incrementally towards independence, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. -
Declaration of Independence
document that announced the 13 colonies -
Patrick Henry’s “Give Me Liberty or Give Me death” speech
