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Navigation Acts
The purpose of the Navigation Acts was to regulate trade of the empire, Britain. -
French and Indian War
The French and Indian War was a war that was fought between the French and the British. The Indians fought on the side of the French and the colonists fought on Britain's side. The British and colonists eventually won the war, but the British forced the colonists to stay east of the Appalachian Mountains. This war led to the start of the Revolutionary War. -
Proclamation of 1763
The proclamation of 1763 prohibited colonists from settling west of the Appalachian mountains after they had fought in the French and Indian war. This proclamation was disliked by many colonists because they had just fought and won a war to be able to do this and then the British stated that they couldn't. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was and act that Britain passed on the colonists that put taxes on sugar and molasses. The problem with this was that if they wanted to boycott the sugar to not pay the taxes, they couldn't trade with any other country. This is because Britain only allowed colonists to trade with them and no other country. But, the colonists became and boycotted sugar and molasses anyways. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was and act passed by Britain to the colonists that put taxes on all legal documents and printed papers. Britain then sent stamp agents to collect all the taxes on papers. This angered the colonists and they began to punish the stamp agents by using a method of torture basically, called tar and feathering. -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act was an act passed by Britain. The act stated that colonists had to quarter 1,500 British soldiers and give them the necessities to live. However, colonists could refuse and the soldiers were to go back to sleep on the ship. But, the soldiers stayed anyways and basically took over their whole house. Most colonists refused though. -
Declaratory Act
The Declaratory Act was an act passed by the British to the colonists that repealed the Stamp Act, but in turn Britain threatened the colonists. The British stated to the colonies that they had complete authority over them and that they could tax them if they wanted to. The colonist's reaction was that they disliked the act, but they did not try to repeal it. -
Townshend Act
The Townshend Act was and act that was passed by Britain to the colonists that put a tax on glass, lead, paper, paint, and tea. This also authorized the writs of assistance. The colonists reacted by smuggling and they made more protests. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was when five colonists were killed by the British Regulars on King Street. This event was used as propaganda in the newspapers. But what really happened was that the colonists were throwing snowballs with glass in them at the British. -
Committees of Correspondence
The Committees of Correspondence was a way for colonists to pass news of the British's activities to the colonies. This was organized by Samuel Adams. The British reacted very strongly against this and threatened to hang colonists that were associated with this. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act is an act passed by British Parliament to put a tax on tea. This was solely to help the East India Company to recover from losing money. The colonists reacted by doing the Boston Tea Party. In this event they smuggled 900,000 pounds of tea and threw it in the Boston Harbor. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was the colonists reaction to the tea tax. In this event, the colonists smuggled 900,000 pounds of tea and threw it into the Boston Harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were multiple acts passed by Britain. These included closing Boston's port, severely limited town meetings, all trials are now in only Britain or Canada, and forced colonists to quarter soldiers. The colonists reacted by starting more protests, and this act eventually led to the Revolutionary War. So, this caused colonists to form militias. -
First Continental Congress
The colonists formed the first continental congress. Members were elected and they were given power to enforce laws of the FCC. In doing this, more protests were approved. -
Second Continental Congress
Delegates from all 13 colonies gather for the second continental congress. -
The Shot Heard Round The World
A shot was fired in Lexington where hundreds of British troops and 70 minutemen were gathered. This was the shot that was said to have started the Revolutionary War. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
This was a battle between the British and the colonists. The patriots surrounded every side of Boston except Charlestown. There were 1000 minutemen and when they started fire they sent the British fleeing down the hill. But eventually, the colonists lost. -
Olive Branch Petition
A petition that was sent to the king from the SCC begging them to stop, so they didn't go into war against each other. -
Thomas Paine's Common Sense
Thomas Paine's Common Sense is a book or article that Thomas Paine wrote about arguing for America's independence. He starts with stating theoretical reflections about government and religion. Then, he goes on to state the specifics of the colonial situation.
