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Revolutionary War
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Navigation Acts
They were designed to regulate colonial trade and enabled England to collect duties (taxes) in the Colonies -
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French and Indian War
The French and Indian War was fought to decide if Britain or France would be the strong power in North America -
Proclamation Of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 is the rule that the colonies can not pass the Appalachian mountains. -
Sugar Acts
It gave the British more revenue from the colonists -
Stamp Act
The act required that many printed things in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London carrying an embossed revenue stamp. The purpose of the tax was to help pay for troops stationed in North America after the British victory in the Seven Years' War. -
Declaratory Acts
declaration by the British Parliament that accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act. It stated that the British Parliament's taxing authority was the same in America as in Great Britain. -
Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts were a series of acts passed by the Parliament of Great Britain relating to the British colonies in North America. The purpose of the Townshend Acts was to raise revenue in the colonies to pay the salaries of governors and judges so that they would remain loyal to Great Britain. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre, known as the Incident on King Street by the British, was an incident on March 5, 1770, in which British Army soldiers killed five male civilians and injured six others. -
Boston Tea Party
On this day, a group of Massachusetts colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians board three British tea ships moored in Boston Harbor and dump 342 chests of tea into the water. -
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. -
1st 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. The Congress met to consider options including a boycott of British trade rights and grievances and petitioned King George III. -
2nd Continental Congress
The second Congress managed the colonial war effort and moved towards independence and adopting the United States Declaration of Independence. By raising armies directing strategy appointing diplomats and making formal treaties.
