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A war fought between the British Colonies and New France who were allied with many Native Americans over land in America.
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A war started by a unorganized band of Native American tribes who were unified by Ottawa chief Pontiac because they wre unsatisified with British postwar policies
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Issued by King George. It stated that the colonist were not permitted to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains. This led to the colonist becoming angry over the fact that they were not being rewarded for fighting in a war that they did not even want to participate in.
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England placed renewed the previous Sugar and Molasses Act of 1733 which was soon to expire. This act put a tax on all foreign molasses imported into the colonies.
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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.
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An act which allowed British soldiers to comandeer a colonists access to shelter, food, and anything else that they found useful.
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Otherwise known as the First Congress, it consisted of representatives from the colonies. Known as the first gathering of elected representatives from several of the American colonies to devise a unified protest against new British taxation.
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At first it was just a band of shopkeepers and artisans who formed the group known as the Loyal Nine. It later expanded into the Sons of Liberty which was a secrect society which protected the rights of the colonists.
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Was an act imposed by Parliment where the Stamp act was completely repealed and the sugar act was modified to accompany a smaller tax on molasses.
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A series of taxes forced to be paided for by the British colonies in order to increase the colonies' revenue.
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The "Writs of Assistance" were general warrants allowing officials to search for smuggled material within any suspected premises. In a five-hour speech, Otis argued that the writs were unconstitutional. He based his case on the rights guaranteed in English common law.
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Was a delegate to the continental congress. Wrote "Letters from a Farmer in Pennslyvania." It was a series of essays which addressed the issue of parliment having too much power.
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A "street fight" which occured between a small band of British soldiers and a patriot mob who attacked them with snowballs, sticks, and stones. A soldier discharged his weapon by acciedent and then other soldiers fired theirs. Several were killed.
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A final tax on tea issued by England before the Revolution began. This was the final straw and was the spark that really ignited the revolution.
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The Committees of Correspondence were groups that were established by the Patriot leaders of the British colonies which contributed a lot both prior and during the American Revolution.
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Samuel Adams and the other members of the Sons of Liberty boared three British ships disguised as Native Americans and tossed all of the tea overboard.
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Great Britians direct response to the Boston Tea Party (1773). Otherwise known as the Intolerable acts, it was a series of four acts which attack the colony of Massachutesetts directly.
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The meeting of representatives from twelve of the thirteen colonies, excluding Georgia, that met at Carpenters' Hall. They were preparing for the Revolution and discussing their response to Britain's Intolerable acts (coercive acts).
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This marked the first battle of the American revolution.
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This was the convention which held representatives from all thirteen colonies. It was at this meeting that it was declared the American Revolution had begun.
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Appointed as Comander and chief of the Continental Army under the authority of the Continental Congress. Prior to this he was a loyal British officer who fought valiently in the French and Indian War. Later became first President of the United States
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Drafted by the Continental Congress to King George in order to seek one last chance at a peaceful secession from England
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Thomas Paine authored his 48 page pamphelt which inspired the colonies to fight against Great Britian.
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Authored by Thomas Jefferson, it was the signed document present to the British crown claiming the independence of the colonies from England.
