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treaty of Paris of 1763
the treaty of Paris of 1763 ended the french and Indian war with the British colonies as the winner it marked the end of France as a power in north American the continent was then Divided between Great Britain and Spain. -
proclamation of 1763
The proclamation of 1763 was issued by the king George 3rd . -
stamp act
The stamp act placed a tax on almost all printed materials in the colonies including newspaper pamphlets -
declaratory act
the declaratory act passed the same day the stamp act -
townshend act
these act imported goods and were to be paid at the port . -
Boston massacre
a fight broke out between the Boston colonists and British soldiers. -
tea act
Parliaments passed the tea act -
Boston tea party
in response to the tea act -
intolerable acts
The Intolerable Acts were the American Patriots' term for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. They were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in throwing a large tea shipment into Boston Harbor. -
The First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies that met on September 5 to October 26, 1774 at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution. -
midnight ride
“Paul Revere's Ride” definition. A poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, celebrating the ride made on horseback by Paul Revere to warn the American rebels of approaching British troops. It begins with these lines: “Listen, my children, and you shall hear / Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere.” -
lexington and concord
shot heard round the world -
2nd continental congress
The second Congress managed the colonial war effort, and moved incrementally towards independence, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.
