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Navigation Act
These acts were designed to tighten the government's control over trade between England, its colonies, and the rest of the world. -
Quartering Act
Britain asked the colonist to host 1500 soldier. -
French and Indian war
The war was caused because of George Washington. He shot at a small group of Indian soldiers -
Sugar Act
Forbid the other countries, but they could only trade with England. -
Proclamation
Britain would not let the colonists do anything. -
Stamp Act
You had to pay taxes for every paper you had. -
Townshead Act
By the Parliament of Great Britain relating to the British colonies in North America. -
Boston Massacre
Britain citizens were angry at the sight of the British soldiers. -
The Committee of Correspondence
Rallied colonial opposition against the British policy and established a political union. -
The Tea Act
Colonies had to pay the act to get the tea. -
The Boston Tea Party
Response to the Tea act -
The Intolerable Act
Forced colonist to let soldiers stay in there hands. -
First Continental Congress
Was meeting of delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies. -
The Battle Of Lexington And Concord
British troops are sent to confiscate colonial weapons, they run into an untrained and angry militia. This ragtag army defeats 700 British soldiers and the surprise victory bolsters their confidence for the war ahead. -
The Battle of Bunker Hill
British defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill in Massachusetts. -
Second Continental Congress
Declined Americans -
Sons/Daughter of Liberty
Women had to sign a pledge against drinking tea and quit buying British goods. -
The Shot Around The World
A phrase from a poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson about the Battle of Lexington and Concord.
