American Revolution era-Danielle Leistman

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  • French and Indian War

    French and Indian War
    The french and Indian war was a war between the Fench and the British. That was ended by the Treaty of Paris. This war lasted seven years

  • Appalachian Mountains Proclamation Line of 1763

    a proclamation declared by the British at the end of the french and Indian war. it was used to stop Native Americans from coming into the colonies.

  • The Sugar act

    The first tax on the American colonies imposed by the British Parliament. It was a economic impact more than a constitutional impact.

  • Sons of Liberty

    Sons of Liberty
    was a secret organization that was created in the Thirteen American Colonies to advance the rights of the European colonists and to fight taxation by the British government.

  • The Stamp Act

    An act passed by the British Parliament. imposed the colonist to pay a tax on every printed paper they used. This act was repealed on March 18,1766.

  • The Declaratory Act

    provided the British with a broad mandate to impose laws, and taxes, on the American colonies.

  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    A confrontation between colonists and british soldiers that resulted in 5 deaths-propaganda

  • Committees of Correspondence

    Committees of Correspondence
    Letter writing campaign to keep the colonists informed of what was going on in the colonies.

  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    This happened because the British started a tax on tea then the colonies were on a ship with many barrels and the British dressed as Native Americans and sneaked on dumped all the tea into the Harbor,

  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts
    These Acts that closed the Boston harbor. This act also taxed more goods and it put Massachusetts under the martial law

  • The Quartering Act

    The Quartering Act
    This was an act that made most colonists host a British soldier. The British soldiers had to live with the colonists for a period of time.

  • 1st Continental Congress

    1st Continental Congress
    twelve colonies except Georgia meet to discuss the treatment of the colonies by the British

  • Lexington and Concord,

    Lexington and Concord,
    British Parliament declared that the colony of Massachusetts was in a state of rebellion.Also the British government had tightened its grip on the government of Massachusetts.