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Proclamation
Proclamation becomes a law and the purpose of the proclamation was to organize Great Britain's new North American empire and to stabilize relations with Native's. -
The Stamp Act
In 1765, the British government started the Stamp Act. Anything printed on paper needed a stamp that was bought from the English. The stamps cost money and it was England who got all the money. -
Townshend Acts
Britain hoped to avoid further conflict. they still needed to raise money to pay troop and other expenses in America. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre, called the Incident on King Street by the British, was an incident on March 5, 1770, in which British Army soldiers killed five civilian men and injured six others . -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were laws that were really punishments that King George III put on the colonies. He did this to the Colonists because he wanted to punish them for dumping tea into the harbor at the Boston Tea Party. -
The Tea Act
Tea was very popular in the colonies but much of it was smugled in from hollland. The Tea Act gave the British East India company control over american tea trade. -
Boston Tea Party
The Tea Party was the culmination of a resistance movement throughout British America against the Tea Act, which had been passed by the British Parliament in 1773 . -
Battles of lexington and concord
The Battle of Lexington and Concord was made up of two battles that began on April 18th, 1775. British troops were sent to Concord to capture John Hancock and Samuel Adams, but both men had been warned about the British attack. -
Common Sence
Common sence is a pamphlet that was written by Thomas Paine. It led to one conclusion and that was separation. Thomas Paine powerful words made even more colonists to support independence. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declartion of Independence was a statement adopted by the Continental Congress. That all the thirteen colonies can represent themselves as a Indenpendent State.
