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Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris of 1763 ended the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France -
Proclamation Act
The Royal Proclamation of 1763, forbade all settlement past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. -
The Sugar Act
Tax on foreign molasses -
The Quartering Act
Colonies were required to provide British soldiers with any needed accommodations, housing, and food. -
The Stamp Act October 7, 1765
Required colonists to pay a tax on almost all printed material. -
Declaration of Rights and Grievances
A document written by the Stamp Act Congress. The Declaration of Rights and Grievances stated that enforcing taxes on British colonists without consent is unconstitutional. -
Stamp Act Congress
First gathering of elected representatives from many of the colonies to devise a protest against British taxation. -
Stamp Act Repealed
After months of protest, Parliament voted to repeal the Stamp Act. March 1766 -
Declaratory Act
The act stated that the British taxing was the same in America as in Great Britain. -
Townshend Act
Imposed tax on glass, lead paint, paper and tea. -
Boston Massacre
5 colonists were killed by British soldiers -
Committee of Correspondence
Established a political union among the Thirteen Colonies. -
Tea Act
Imposed a tax on tea -
Boston Tea Party
Political protest by the Sons of Liberty, where British tea was dumped in the Boston harbor. -
Intolerable Acts March 24, 1774
Harsh laws passed to punish colonists for the Boston Tea Party. -
1st Continental Congress September 5 to October 26, 1774
Meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies.
September 5 to October 26, 1774 -
Lexington & Concord
First military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. -
Bunker Hill
Battle between the British and Americans, even though the Americans loose, they cause many casualties to the British. -
Appeal to Reason Rejected (AKA: Olive Branch Petition)
A petition that represented the colonists rights while keeping their loyalty to British rule. -
Common Sense
The Common Sense pamphlet written by Thomas Paine, consisted of his arguments for independence between Great Britain and the Thirteen Colonies. -
Declaration of Independence
The official document stating the thirteen colonies independence from Great Britain ,cutting all ties between them.
