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Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 didn't led the colonists settle west of the Appalachian Mountains. Even though the colonists were not suppose to move to the west of the Appalachians they still did, because they were very angry. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act cut the tax on foreign-made molasses in half, hoping that colonists would stop smuggling. They colonists still smuggled the molasses into the colonies. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act required the colonists to use stamp for every legal document, license, newspaper, pamphlet, and almanac, and had special stamp duties on the playing cards and dice packages. The nine colonies met in New York City and the congress issued the Declaration of Rights and Grievances, which said that the parliament didn't have enough power to impose taxes on the colonies because they were not represented in the Parliament. -
Repeal of Stamp Act
The parliament canceled the Stamp Act, but to make it's power clear they released the Declaratory Act on the Same day. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was misinterpreted by the media and the colonists the way people think it was a bunch of British Soldiers attacking colonists without any reasons. This was not true the colonists were the ones who started it by throwing snowballs and rocks at the soldiers. Adam Smith and others presented the Massacre as the British's attack on the citizens. -
Boston Tea Party
The parliament created this law too help struggling English Tea Companies. The Indians dumped 18,000 pounds of tea from East India Company's tea in the waters of Boston Harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
Intolerable Act was a response the Boston Tea Party. The Intolerable Acts closed the Boston Harbor, the Quartering Act allowed British to vacant private homes, General Thomas Gage was appointed the new governor of Massachusetts, and he placed Boston under martial law, or rule imposed by military forces to keep the peace. This caused the First Continental Congress to assemble and in September of 1974 56 delegates met in Philadelphia to drew up a declaration of colonial rights. -
Lexington and Concord
In the battle of Lexington and Concord the General Gage sends troops take the illegal weapons and it kicked off the American Revolution War. British marched from Boston to Concord in order to seize an arms cache and Paul Revere got the word to America. -
Common Sense
Created by Thomas Paine and it argued in favor of American Independence. It was a important way of spreading ideas in the 16th through 19th centuries and it had a big part in leading to the American Revolution. -
Declaration of Independence
Declaration of Independence is a statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress at t he Pennsylvania State House on July 4, 1776. The Document stated that the thirteen colonies were independent from the Great Britain and they were no longer under British rule.
