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The Albany Congress
It should be noted here that the good intentions of colonial leaders only went so far. -
Proclamation of 1763
The King and his council presented the proclamation as a measure to calm the fears of the Indians, who felt that the colonists would drive them from their lands as they expanded westward. -
The Sugar Act
Under the Molasses Act colonial merchants had been required to pay a tax of six pence per gallon on the importation of foreign molasses. -
The Currency Act
There were no gold or silver mines and currency could only be obtained through trade as regulated by Great Britain -
The Stamp Act
A motion was offered to first read petitions from the Virginia colony and others was denied. -
The Quartering Act of 1765
An act for punishing mutiny and desertion, and for the better payment of the army and their quarters. -
The Virginia Stamp Act Resolutions
That day, only 39 members in attendance, Johnson moved that the House resolve itself into a committee of the whole, Henry seconded the motion, and proceeded to offer a shocking series of resolutions. -
The Stamp Act Congress
That His Majesty's liege subjects in these colonies, are entitled to all the inherent rights and liberties of his natural born subjects within the kingdom of Great-Britain. -
The Declaratory Act
for the better securing the dependency of his Majesty's dominions in America upon the crown and parliament of Great Britain. -
Boston Non-Importation Agreement
Boston having taken into consideration the deplorable situation of the trade, and the many difficulties it at present labours under on account of the scarcity of money, which is daily increasing for want of the other remittances to discharge our debts in Great Britain, -
The Boston Massacre
Several colonists were killed and this led to a campaign by speech-writers to rouse the ire of the citizenry. The riot began when about 50 citizens attacked a British sentinel.
