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Navigation Act
The navigation acts were made (by England) to control colonial trade. The acts made colonists buy English goods and limited trade between the colonies and other countries. -
Writs of Assistance
The Writs of Assistance was a law passed in 1761 by the British Parliament. It especially angered the colonists becuase it allowed British soldiers to check colonits houses at any time -
Treaty of Paris of 1763
The document that ended the war between the British and French over the Ohio River Valley. This treaty ended French power in North America and expanded British Territory and increased debt. -
Proclamation of 1763
The British issued a proclamation at the end of the French Indian war. The law prohibited colonists from colonizing west of the Appalachian Mountains. -
Stamp Act
The act that taxed the colonists on every paper material. This caused an outrage between for the colonials and their feedback brought a bunch of different acts onto them. -
Sugar Act
The British parliament passed an act that raised the revenue of goods for the colonists. This sparked anger amongst the colonies and created a long list of unfair acts passed by the British Parliament. -
Stamp Act Congress
The Stamp Act Congress was the first congress meeting between the American Colonies. 9 colonies came together to fight against the British Parliament. -
Declaratory Acts
This act's purpose was for the British Parliament's taxing authority was the same in America as in Great Britain. THe colonists grew angry because they did not want to be ruled by someone so far away. -
Townshend Acts of 1767
Charles Townshend passes and act that ensures that goods are taxed BEFORE they are sent to the colonists, in hopes that they will not notice. The colonists eventualy find out, and they protest the acts. -
Boston Massacre
On March 5th, 1770, the British shot and killed 5 people, including Crispus Attucks, due to the colonits daring them to fire. THis event was used as propaganda amongst the colonies, caused a trial, and started outrage around the colonies. -
The Coercive Acts
The Coercive acts were 4 acts passed by the British Parliament that were ment to punish the colonists. America saw these as intolerable, and they were known as the Intolerable acts amongst the colonies -
Tea Act
The Tea Act was a harsh act passed by the British Parliament in 1773. The purpose of this act was to reduce the number of tea held by the British East India Company in its London warehouses and to help the financially struggling company survive. -
Boston Tea Party
Members of the Sons of Liberty disguised as Mohawk Indians and dumped crates of tea into Boston harbor. This action was a protest against the Tea Act and its provisions for taxation of tea. -
Quartering Act
The 1765 Quartering Act made for British troops to be given food and shelter no matter what the American colonists say. The 1774 Quartering Act was one of the series of Intolerable Acts, and it outraged the colonists because it invaded their property. -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress, which was comprised of representatives from the 13 colonies, met in reaction to the Coercive Acts, a series of 4 laws passed by the British Parliament on the colonies in response to their resistance and outrage to new taxes and laws. -
Battle at Lexington and Concord
The battles of Lexington and Concord kicked off the Revolutionary War. The Americans got their first victory over the British and started successfuly resisted against the British Parliament. -
The Second Continental Congress
The second Continental Congress was a the meeting that succeeded the First Continental Congress. They went over how to stop the redcoats, and they decided on creating a Continental Army. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill was fought on June 17, 1775, during the Siege of Boston in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War. -
Olive Branch Petition
The Olive Branch Petition was an attempt by the American colonists to avoid going to war with Britain during the American Revolution. It was a document in which the colonists pledged their loyalty to the crown and tried to create reconciliation between them and the Britsih. -
Common Sense
Common Sense is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine advocating independence from the British to people in the Thirteen Colonies. Thomas Paine was advising the thirteen colonies to just use their brain in order to find freedom -
The Declaration of Independence
The DEclaration of Independence was a document made by the Second Continental Congress and written by Thomas Jefferson. The purpose of the Declaration of Independence was to explain to foreign nations why the colonies had decided to resist from the British. The document symbolizes American freedom and now has it's own holiday on July 4th.