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Navigation Acts
There were laws passed by England to maintain control over colonial trade. The acts made colonists buy English good and limited trade with other countries. -
Treaty of Paris
This document that ended the war between Britain and France over the Ohio River Valley. This treaty ended French power in North America And expanded British territory and increase British debt -
Proclamation Acts
After the French and Indian War King George three following great Britain won the land Indians acted -
Sugar Act
The British required the colonists to pay a tax of 6 pence for sugar. The colonist work around it and didn't pay so the British lower the tax to 3 pence for sugar and made harsh punishment for smugglers -
Writs of Assistance Acts
Colonist were smuggling goods so this way the don't have to worry about getting taxes by the British but if the British troops thought you were hiding something they would get a search warrant that saying the can check any property for goods -
Stamp Act
The British didn't wasn't making enough money to pay for the French and Indian War so the tax stamp and made requirement for colonist to pay them when get thing like Wills,Letters,Diplomas,Newspaper, and Letters -
Quartering Acts
The British sent over 10,000 British Troops to the colonies to make sure the doing what the are told -
Quartering Acts
The British send over 10,000 British troops to the colonies to make sure the colonists are doing as the are told it also required the colonist to house the British troops -
Stamp Act Congress
The colonist did a Petition on king and the also boycotted British good the had a serect society to oppose the British -
Declaratory Acts
The repeal the Stamp Act it year later but pass another law this law saying that British government had supreme authority to gover the colonies -
Townshend Acts
It started when the King fiance Charles Townsend had a plan to raise revenue in the colonies he believed taxing was goods before they got into the colonies wold make colonies less angry -
Boston Massacre
In the Boston Massacre the British soldiers shot at a group of protester after being actor being attack by them and killed five people and three injured people -
Tea Acts
This is when the British was trying to sneak the tax for tea by not telling the people that there was a tax but there was when the went to buy it but the tea was cheaper -
Boston Tea Party
The Sons Of Liberty dump all the tea of the ship for a protest that there shouldn't be no tax on tea the even sweep the floor to get the tea off the floor and straightened thing up -
Coercive Acts
Coercive Acts is a act that had rules to help stop something like the Boston Tea Party happening and keep the colonist in check -
First Continental Congress
In September 1774 in Philadelphia expect Georgia but supported decisions. The voted the wouldn't trade with Britain until the act Intolerable Acts repealed -
Second Continental Congress
In May 10th 1775 the had another meeting Philadelphia which when the decide to make a official army and George Washington was mad the general. Also got solid by paying them the tried to attempt avoid war -
Olive Branch Petition
The Olive Branch was symbolize peace so the Continental Congress sent the a document to England for the King to see so there can be a last chance of peace and the king rejected it -
Common Sense
Common Sense was a book published to change people mind about wanting to avoid war with England and it changes a lot of people minds
