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Proclamation of 1763
A proclamation that stated no colonist were to move West of the Appalachian Mountains. The colonists responded to this by continuing to move West because the British couldn't enforce the proclamation. -
Sugar Act
The British imposed an indirect tax on sugar and molasses that was to be paid by merchants. This resulted in increased tension between the colonies and Britain. -
Stamp Act
This act imposed a direct tax on paper items such as: newspapers, playing cards, deeds, etc. The colonist reacted in a more aggressive way this time by protesting and the creation of a secret resistance group (Sons of Liberty). -
The Quartering Act
The Quartering Act stated that if there was open space in a residence, colonist were obligated to house soldiers in the area.Resulted in increased tension between colonies and Britain. -
Stamp Act Congress
The SAC was when 9 out of the 13 colonies banded together to send a petition to the king to repeal the Stamp Act. However parliament and the king ignored it. -
Declaratory Act
The Declaratory Act was imposed by parliament after the repealing of the Stamp Act. It stated that Parliament had the right to tax the colonies. Resulted in an outrage from the colonists. -
Repeal of the Stamp Act
The colonist, Sons of Liberty, and other iconic revolution leaders banded together to stop the Stamp Act. The Sons of liberty harassed custom workers, stamp agents, etc. while the colonist had large protests which resulted in the delaying, and as an end result, repealing of the Stamp Act. -
Townshend Act
Imposed a tax on glass, lead, paper, paints and tea imports to the colonies. However the tax on everything but tea was repealed because of colonist protest. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre wasn't really a massacre. The British soldiers fired into the crowd of protesting colonist AFTER they were provoked by the irritated colonist (5 Deaths). Even though colonist were outraged at the soldiers, John Adams defended the soldiers in court although he was a supporter of independence. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act increased the tax on teas to raise revenue and stop the British East India Co. from going under. The colonist reacted in their most extreme way yet by dumping $18,000 worth of tea into the harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable acts were placed on the colonist as a result of the Boston Tea Party. It Closed the ports of Boston and outlawed Town Meetings. This pushed the colonist right to the edge and caused the "First Continental Congress" to happen. -
Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington occurred when General Gage sends troops to Lexington/Concord to retrieve weapons from colonist militia. The colonist "lost" the battle, but succeeded in buying enough time for others to escape with the weapons. -
Second Continetal Congress
The Second Continental Congress was held to promote George Washington to supreme commander of the Continental Army and the formation of a Continental Army. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill was when colonial troops, lead by Puntan, occupy a hill and then around 2400 British troops attack them in 3 waves. The colonist were forced to retreat because of lack of ammo, but was considered a moral victory because to the low casualties.
