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Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris ended the French and Indian War between Great Britian and France. France gave up all their territories in the North America region and there were no more foreign military threats to Great Britian. -
Proclaimation Act
This act provided all lands towards the head of rivers to the west that lead to the atlantic ocean were off limits to the colonists. -
Sugar Act
This act put taxes on sugar and molassses to help manufacturing in England. -
The Stamp Act
This Act imposesd a new law that a new tax on all American Colonies required them to pay a tax on every printer paper used. This included ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, or other publications. -
The Quartering Act
Parliment sets a law outline stating that Britsh soldiers were to find room and board in the American colonies. This was determined by location and conditions. Colonies were forced to house British soldiers in Barracks the colonies were already provided with. -
Stamp Act Congress
The first congress of the American colonies that consisted of some British colonies in the North America region. This was the first gathering of elected representitives from many different colonies to put together a unified protest against British Taxation. -
Declaration of Rights and Grievances
Only the colonial assemblies had the right to tax the colonies. -
Stamp Act Repealed
TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION- Parliment decided to repeal the stamp act after a series of threats including boycotting britsh goods and attacks on the customhouses and houses of tax collectors. -
Declaratory Act
Act of the Parliment from Great Britian which included the stamp act repeal and the lessening of the Sugar Act. -
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Townshed Act
Imposed Duties on the American Colonies regaurding glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea imported to the colonies. Many Americans turned this around and started arguing that taxation is a form of abuse of power, and after this, the act was repealed with the exception of tea taxation. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a "street fight" from an American Mob including snowballs, stones, sticks, and a squad of britsh soldiers. Several of the colonists were killed by this Massacre. -
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Committee of Correspondence
Committee of Correspondence were shadow governments organized by American Colonists (Patriot Leaders) of the Thirteen Colonies on the "eve" of the American Revolution. -
Tea Act
Policies and taxes put on the colonies by the British leading to the Boston Tea Party. -
Boston Tea Party
This was an act against taxes, which lead to tea being thrown off of ships and into the Boston harbor -
Intolerable Acts
The American Patriots' name for the series of laws passed by the Parliment regaurding the Boston Tea Party. They were obligated to punish the Massachusetts colonies for dumping tea into the harbor. -
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1st Continental Congress
A meeting of Delagates from 12/13 colonies that met at Carpenters Hall early in the American Revolution. -
Lexington and Concord
The Lexington and Concord battles were the first military engagments of the American Revolution. Sent out the regiments of british soldiers in Boston. They were being sent to Lexington to capture the Coloniel leaders Sam Adams and John Hancock and then Concord where they would sieze gun powder. -
Bunker Hill
The battle where the British beat the Americans in Masachusettes. -
Appeal to Reason rejected (Olive Branch Petition)
Adapted by the second contential congress and last attempt to avoid war with the colonies -
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Common Sense
Common Sense was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that inspired the thirteen colonies to declare and fight for independence from Great Britian. -
Declaration of Independence
Congress meeting in Philedalphia, Pennslyvania which made the 13 colonies into individual states.
