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Navigation Act
This was a series of laws passed by the English Parliament. These were to ensure that all the colonist's goods were shipped over to Britain so they could get more financial benefits, and that the colonists could only trade with Britain. The first one was basically ignored by the people of the colonies. -
French and Indian war
This is also know as the 7 year war. It was a war Between the British/colonists, French, and Indians. The colonists ended up winning. It lasted from 1756-1763. -
Proclamation of 1763
This proclamation prohibited colonist's from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains, and it was disliked by many of the colonists -
Sugar Act
There were taxes added to molasses and sugar, and because of this, colonists started smuggling them both and boycotting -
The Stamp Act
All legal documents and printed papers were taxed, stamp agents enforced this and made sure all papers has a stamp, and as a result there were protests and the act was repealed in march of 1766 -
Quartering Act
Colonists had to host 1,500 British soldiers and supply them with things to live. Colonists refused, and the soldiers had to sleep on their ships, or the soldiers kicked the colonists out. -
Declaratory Act of 1767
It was a declaration by the British Parliament that came with the repeal of the Stamp Act. It said the British Parliament's taxing authority was the same in America as in Britain. -
Towshend Act
This a tax on glass, lead, paper, paint, and tea, this also authorized writs of assistance. This eventually resulted in the Boston Massacre, and then widespread protests. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was when a bunch of British soldiers were attacked by a drunk bunch of colonists started throwing really crude snowballs at them, and when a shot was fired, it got nasty, but only bout 4-5 people died, so the name is miss leading, but the press stretched the truth to make it out to be really bad. -
Committees of Correspondence
A network of communication for passing along news of British activity. Colonists rallied together against British policy and formed a political union throughout the colonies. -
Tea Act
This made tea cheaper, but only the East Indian Company made money from the tea and colonists didn't. This resulted in the
Boston Tea Party -
Boston Tea Party
The colonists threw tea into the harbor sue to the Tea act. Colonists protested against tea, and the ports closed, plus town meetings were now limited -
Intolerable Acts of 1774
This limited town meetings, closed Boston's ports, and the Boston Tea Party was responded to with force. More protests started, and they started forming their military. -
First Continental Congress
This was a unified boycott of British goods throughout the colonies. 98% of trade stopped -
Second Continental Congress
This when the colonist officially formed their army, and elected George Washington the leader of it.This then led to a petition to the King to stop stupid. -
The Shot Heard 'Round the World
This was the shot that started the American Revolution. It was an accidental shot, and this happened at the battle of Lexington. This was the start of the Revolutionary War. -
Olive Branch Petition
After the Army formed, the colonies sent King George a petition begging him to stop this to prevent a war. This was unsuccessful. and George III declared them rebels and went to war. -
Thomas Paine's common sense
This was a newspaper voicing independence from Great Britain to the people in the colonies. As a result, more people were ready to break away from Britain -
The Battle of Bunker Hill
The Patriots surrounded Boston, and 1,000 minute men marched to Bunker Hill. The men were told not to shoot "until you see the whites of their eye", which mean until they were close so they would get a good shot. they colonist lost only because they ran out of ammunition.
