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The Royal Proclamation was issued by King George III on October 7, 1763 after 7 years of war. It forbade all settlement west of a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains.
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The Declaratory Act was by the British Parliament that accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act.
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The Boston Massacre was a riot that occurred in Boston.
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The Gaspee Affair was a schooner that had been enforcing the Nagacation Acts around Newport.
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The Boston Tea Party was a political protest.
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Th3 First Continental Congress was in 1774. It was a series of measures imposed by the British government.
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The Declaration and Resolves was a statement adopted by the First Continental Congress.
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In the early 1775's, the British defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill.
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The First Virginia Constitution was the first written legal document defining the structure of government.
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The Declaration of Independence was the first statement by a nation's people asserting their right to choose their own government.
