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The British wished to settle in the Ohio RIver Valley and trade with the Native Americans who lived there. In response the French built forts to protect and conserve their trade with Indians. Britain sent troops in retaliation.
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A royal decree prohibiting settlement past the Appalachian mountains. They did this to conciliate the Native population and to concentrate settlements on the coast where they could be an active part of British trade.
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The act put a tax on sugar and molasses that was imported into the colonies which had an impact on various industries especially the New England rum industry.
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Put taxes on newspapers, legal and commercial documents by interjecting a stamp duty. Due to opposition it was repealed in 1766.
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Forced American colonists to house and provide any accommodations necessary to the British forces. The Quartering Act was an invasion of privacy and was used to spy on colonists to get an insight on the rebellion. Just as the Patriot Act allows the U.S. government to spy on our private lives.
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Imposed duties on paper, tea, paint, lead and glass. The acts were put in place by parliament in hopes to control the imperial cost of the colonies.
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British soldiers came to support fellow officers who were being snowballed by a heckling crowd. Officer fired into the crowd killing 5 people. The eight officers involved were found not guilty on all charges.
A connection can be made between this event and a Tulsa police shooting. An African-American male was unarmed and was shot and killed by a police officer. Just as in a Boston Massacre unarmed citizens were shot by armed officials. -
Was imposed to bail out the East India Company, a key component to the British economy. Parliament gave the company control over importation and sale of the tea in colonies.
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Colonists dumped chests of tea into the Boston Harbor in response to tax on tea.
Protists have occurred most recently in Charlotte, NC in response to the killing of an African-American by police officers. Police forces were sent in to contain these events just as red coats were sent to the harbor after the tea party. -
Acts passed in direct response to the rebellion that was occurring within the colonies put in place in hopes to restore order. These include the Boston Port Act, Massachusetts Government Act, Quartering Act and the Quebec Act.
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Composed of delegates from the colonies in reaction to the Coercive Acts. They drafted a list of grievances and rights.
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Phrase that refers to the first shot of the American revolution and is considered the beginning of the Revolutionary War.
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Managed the colonial war efforts and helped move America towards independence.
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Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine stating the reasons that America should separate from England. Paine's Common Sense exposed the inhumane acts of England's parliament just as Sinclair exposed the horrendous conditions of the work force in the Industrial Revolution.
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Adopted by the Second Continental Congress. A written document declaring the United States as a free nation.
