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Treaty of Paris 1763
The document that ended the French and Indian War. Britain takes over Fance's territory to the Mississippi River. -
Pontiac's Rebellion
Chief Pontiac leads Shawnees, Delawares, and other Indian tribes against settlers. His men capture many of the smaller forts. -
Proclamation Line of 1763
A line that regulates the colonists from passing the Appalachian mountains where the Indians are. -
Sugar Act of 1764
The act required colonists to pay a tax of 3 pence. Most colonists did not like this and there were harsh punishments for smugglers. The British taxed many items like molasses, sugar, coffee, and some more. -
Stamp Act Congress of 1765
They petition the King and they boycott of British goods. -
Quartering Acts of 1765
This requires all colonists to house British soldiers and provide them with supplies. The colonists to must pay the cost to provide housing/supplies. -
Writs of Assistance of 1765
Colonists were smuggling goods. This way they could not be taxed by the British. -
Declaratory Acts of 1766
This law said that British government had supreme authority to govern the colonies. Colonists chose to ignore this. -
Townshend Acts of 1767
This was an act that made products taxed before it made its way to the colonies. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was an incident in which British Army soldiers shot and killed people while under attack by a mob of colonists. -
Boston Tea Party
A political protest where colonists destroyed lots of tea. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act allowed the British East India Company Tea a monopoly(patent) on tea sales in the American colonies. -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies who met together. -
Coercive Acts
The Intolerable Acts (also called the Coercive Acts) were harsh laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774. They were meant to punish the American colonists for the Boston Tea Party and other protests -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies. -
Olive Branch Petition
The Olive Branch Petition was presented by the Second Continental Congress on July 5, 1775, in a final chance to avoid a full scale war. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
British soldiers marched towards Lexington and Concord to capture the leaders of the sons of liberty. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
This was a sign of hope for all the people in the colonies because the colonist held the British for a long time.