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Revenue Act (Sugar Act)
Parliament passed a modified version of the molasses act , which established a Vice-Admiralty Court in Halifax, Nova Scotia to hear about smuggling cases without jury. This led to a widespread protest. -
The Currency Act
The colonies were suffering constant shortage of currency needed for conduct trade. So they took it upon themselves to provide their own currency. British merchant-creditors were not happy with the system, so parliament passed the Currency Act assuming complete control over the currency system. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was a new taxed imposed on all American colonists which required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. The purpose of this act was for the British to raise money. The colonists were no very happy with the tax, but they didn't think they could do anything about it; until the Virginia House of Burgesses adopted Patrick Henry's Stamp Act Resolves. -
Quartering Act
This act required colonists to house any British soldier who knocked at their door. -
Declaratory Act
Parliament repeals the stamp act, but declares that it has the right to tax the colonies. -
Townshend Revenue Act ( Townshend Duties)
Imposed duties on glass, lead, paint, paper and tea imported into the colonies.Many colonists saw this taxation as an abuse of power which resulted in the limitation of imports from Britain. -
British Troops arrive to Boston
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Boston Massacre
A mob of drunk colonists were taunting a few British soldiers guarding a building. The colonists threw snowballs and other objects at the soldiers. The situation got heated when one colonist struck a soldier, which led to the British troops to fire their arms, 4 colonists were killed. This event angered all 13 colonies, it was seen as " murder" , while very few thought of it as self-defense. -
Tea Act
The British allowed the East India Company to sell their tea directly to the colonies. Americans resented it seeing as an indirect tax subsiding a British company. -
Boston Tea Party
The colonists were extremely angry because of the tea acts, so they disguised as Mohawk Indians and dumped 92,000 pounds of tea into the Boston Harbor. -
Boston Port Act
This act was meant to punish the colonists for the protest of The Boston Tea Party. The british locked the ports until all the money that was lost from the tea was payed back. -
Intolerable Acts
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Quebec Act
The Quebec Act was designated to extend the boundaries of Quebec & guaranteed religious freedom. -
Intolerable Acts
The intolerable acts were meant to punish the Americans for things such as the Boston Tea party and other protests. -
1st Continental Congress
A meeting between 12 of the 13 colonies in which representatives considered options such as boycotting british goods and starting to train their own military. -
Edenton Tea Party
Fifty-One women in Edenton NC formed an alliance supporting the American cause " no taxation without representation." -
1st Continental Congress
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2nd Continental Congress
The colonists now decided that a continental army would be formed and led by George Washington. They also discussed how supplies would be payed for. Yet some delegates were not seeking freedom from the british. -
The Ride of Paul Revere
Paul Revere had a plan to warn the colonists about the british coming into town. Revere told his friend to hang a lantern aloft of the belfry arch of the North Church tower, "one if by and, two if by sea" . Paul then rode into town to warn the colonists about the arrival of the british. -
Shot Heard 'Round the World
This is a phrase used to resemble the first shot of the Revolutionary War in Lexington Concord. -
Common Sense
A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine advocating independence which really brought out the revolutionary spirit in the colonists. -
Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson wrote a document which was signed by many delegates declaring that they would no longer be under british rule. -
Articles of Confederation
The Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation on November 15, 1777. This was the first constitution of the USA. However they were not ratified until March 1, 1781. -
Articles of Confederation ( ratification)
