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7 years war
led to taxation that angered the colonist -
proclamation of 1763
restricted access to the land they just won in the 7 years war they fought in. -
sugar act
a tax on sugar in the colones to help lower debt, put the colonist in debt while getting Britain out of debt. -
sons and daughters of liberty
The Sons of Liberty, a well-organized Patriot paramilitary political organization shrouded in secrecy, was established to undermine British rule in colonial America and was influential in organizing and carrying out the Boston Tea Party. -
currency act
extend the currency act of 1751 but didn't prohibit colonies for issuing paper money, but forbidden them from designated future currency emissions. -
stamp act
The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765. The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. Ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards were taxed. -
quartering act
an ad passed by parliament that outlined the locations and conditions in which British soldiers are to find room and bored in the american colonies. -
Quartering Act
British Parliament met and finally passed a Quartering Act for the Americans. The act stated that troops could only be quartered in barracks and if there wasn't enough space in barracks then they were to be quartered in public houses and inns. -
stamp act congress
The Stamp Act Congress or First Congress of the American Colonies was a meeting held between October 7 and 25, 1765 in New York City, consisting of representatives from some of the British colonies in North America; it was the first gathering of elected representatives from several of the American colonies to devise a unified protest against new British taxation. -
townshend act
series of four acts passed by the British Parliament in an attempt to assert what it considered to be its historic right to exert authority over the colonies through suspension of a recalcitrant representative assembly and through strict provisions for the collection of revenue duties. -
Non-importation Resolutions
The Virginia Association was a series of non-importation agreements adopted by Virginians in ... The adoption of the Virginia Association resolutions was preceded by a push from northern Virginians for expanded domestic industry. -
boston massacre
was an incident on March 5, 1770, in which British Army soldiers killed five male civilians and injured six others. The incident was heavily propagandized by leading Patriots, such as Paul Revere and Samuel Adams, to fuel animosity toward the British authorities. -
committees of correpondence
they rallied colonial opposition against British policy and established a political union among the 13 colonies. -
tea act
The Tea Act: The Catalyst of the Boston Tea Party. The Tea Act, passed by Parliament on May 10, 1773, granted the British East India Company Tea a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies. -
Intolerable (coercive) acts
The Intolerable Acts were passed in 1774 to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party. There were three major acts involved that angered the colonists. -
First Continental Congress
In response to the British Parliament’s enactment of the Coercive Acts in the American colonies, the first session of the Continental Congress convenes at Carpenter’s Hall in Philadelphia -
2nd Continental Congress
The second Congress managed the colonial war effort, and moved incrementally towards independence, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. -
boston tea party
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston -
Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. -
Declaration of Independence
In fact, independence was formally declared on July 2, 1776, a date that John Adams believed would be “the most memorable in the history of America.” On July 4, 1776, Congress approved the final text of the Declaration. It wasn't signed until August 2, 1776.