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Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta
This refers to a political crisis that he faced. It is a document that makes everyone is equal under a subject to the law. This is important because we borrowed this as an establishment. Everyone today wants to be equal and the primary goal is to be treated fairly, regardless of whether or not there is a hieracrchy. -
French and Indian War
The war was fought between the colonies of British America and New France, with both sides supported by military units from their parent countries of Great Britain and France, as well as Native American allies -
Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was a document issed by King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War, which forbade all settlement past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was a colonial merchants had been required to pay a tax of six pence per gallon on the importation of foreign molasses. The Sugar Act wanted to stop smuggling and increase tax revenue, and it lowered debt. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents. Colonial opposition led to the act's repeal in 1766 and helped encourage the revolutionary movement against the British Crown. -
Quartering Act
Quartering Act is a name given to a minimum of two Acts of British Parliament in the local governments of the American colonies to provide the British soldiers with any needed accommodations or housing. -
Formation of the Sons of Liberty
The Sons of Liberty was an organization of American colonists that was created in the Thirteen American Colonies. The secret society was formed to protect the rights of the colonists and to fight taxation by the British government. The leaders were John and Samuel Adams. -
Declaratory Act
The Declaratory Act was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, which accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act 1765 and the changing and lessening of the Sugar Act.
Aug 14 1765 -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a street fight between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. Several colonists were killed and this led to a campaign by speech-writers to rouse the ire of the citizenry. -
Independence Day
The Declaration of Independence was meant to list the reasons for America claiming indepedence.The purpose was to mention the "grievances". It was written mostly by Thomas Jefferson and adivsed by John Adams and Ben Franklin
