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Proclamtion Act
Issued by King George lll to assure peace and protection among the colonist and Indians. Great Britain wanted to obtain the French territory in North America. But after the end of the French and Indian War, in which it forbade all British settlers from settling past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. This angered them all because they believed that after winning the was they had the right to the land. -
The Sugar Act
Placed a tax on sugar,molases, and other products shiped to the colonist -
The Stamp Act
Passed by the British parliment. The new tax was imposed on all American colonist and require all legal and commercial documents to carry an official stamp showing that a tax has been paid. -
The Declaritory Act
Parliment repealed the Stamp Act. They passed the Celaratory Act law wich gave the parliment full control over America, stating that Parliment made laws, not the colonist. -
The Townshend Revenue Act
Originated by Charles Townshend and passed by the parliment imposed a new tax by putting customs duties on imports of glass, paint, oil, lead, paper, and tea were applied, with the designed to collect revenue from the colonists to pay for administering and protecting the American colonies. -
Boston Non-Importation Agreement
A formal decision made by Boston based merchants and traders not to import or export items to Britain. The agreement, of a boycott, as a way to protest, and combat the Townshend Revenue Act, it was one of the most effective means of colonial resistance against British policy. -
The Boston Massacre
Was a fight that between a "patriot" mob, and a squad of British soldiers. It arose from the resentment of Boston colonists towards the British which had been fulled by protest activities of the Sons of Liberty patriots. -
The Gaspee Affair
Local vessel out of Newport was under to Providence when its captain baited the HMS Gaspee and led Duddington into shallow waters near Warwick. The Gaspee ran aground at a place that is now known as Gaspee point. News quickly reached providence and a party of fifty-five let by man John Brown. Then planned an attack on the ship, surrounding the boarded the Gaspee they wounded Duddington and the captain entire crew. -
The Boston Tea Party
Thomas Hutchinson allowed three ships carrying tea to enter Boston harbor. Before the tax could be collected. The peopple of Boston took action on a December night, townspeople in the ships tossed 342 chests of tea into the water disguised as Native Americans, the damage was big. -
The Association
The Association was the prohibition to trade with Great Britain. Forbidding import, consumption, and export of goods with England, and established citizen committees to enforce the act throughout the colonies. -
The Battle of Brunker Hill
On the Charlestown Peninsula on the North side of Boston Harbor. British troops of Boston garrison against troops of the American Continental Army, they both wanted to occupy hills overlooking Boston. The Patriots fought until they ran out of ammunition and had to flee. It was the first official battle of the Revolutionary War.
