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Proclamation of 1763
This document was sent to the Colonists’ by the King and declared colonists were not allowed to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains. Even though they were not prohibited, the colonists continued to move west onto the Native American lands. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was a trade law enacted by Parliament in 1764 in an attempt to reduce smuggling in the British colonies in North America. By the end of 1764, the colonies and Great Britain were disagreeing more and more about how the colonies should be taxed and governed. -
The Quartering Act
The Quartering Act is two Acts of British Parliament in the local governments of the American colonies to provide the British soldiers with any needed accommodations and housing. The colonists disputed the legality of this Act because it seemed to violate the Bill of Rights of 1689. -
Stamp Act
This is a law in which Parliament established the first direct taxation of goods and services within the British colonies in North America. In response to the Stamp Act, colonies united their defiance and protested. -
Repeal of Stamp Act
After months of protest, Parliament voted to repeal the Stamp Act in March 1766. The colonies reaction to the repeal of the Stamp Act was to celebrate their victory. -
Townshend Act
This is a series of laws enacted by Parliament in 1767, establishing indirect taxes on goods imported from Britain by the British colonies in North America. The first, the Townshend Revenue Act, placed a tax on glass, paint, oil, lead, paper, and tea which contributed to the colonists' angry reaction. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a clash between British soldiers and Boston colonists in which five of the colonists were killed. After the Boston Massacre, the colonists reestablished the committees of correspondence. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act’s objective was to reduce the massive amount of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company. The colonists had never accepted the constitutionality of the duty on tea, and the Tea Act rekindled their opposition to it. -
Boston Tea Party
This is the raid in which Boston colonists, disguised as Indians, threw the contents of several hundred chests of tea into the harbor as a protest against British taxes on tea and against the monopoly granted the East India Company. -
Intolerable Acts
Intolerable Acts were a series of laws enacted by Parliament in 1774 to punish Massachusetts colonists for the Boston Tea Party in which angered the colonists. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
Battle of Bunker Hill was another great battle of the Revolutionary War; it was fought near Boston in June 1775. Despite their loss, the inexperienced colonial forces inflicted significant casualties against the enemy, and the battle provided them with an important confidence boost. -
Second Continental Congress
This was the Continental Congress that convened in May, approved the Declaration of Independence, and served as the only agency of national government during the Revolutionary War. -
Olive Branch Petition
This is a document sent by the Second Continental Congress to King George III, proposing a reconciliation between the colonies and Britain -
Lexington and Concord
Lexington and Concord was the first battle of the Revolutionary War, fought in Massachusetts on April 19, 1775. The colonists were proud of the courage shown by the minutemen. -
Battle of Saratoga
This battle was an unrealistic and unorganized, turning point of the war.
