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Proclamation of 1763
The Brtish wrote the Proclamation of 1763. It stated that the colonists could not settle on any land west of the Appalachian Mountains. The Bristish didn't want to have anymore conflict with the Native Americans. The colonists were outraged. -
Boston Massacre
There is controversy about how this started, but we do know that British soldiers fired into a mob of colonists and five were killed. Some of the other colonists were injured. The colonists called it a massacre because they wanted it to sound worse than what it was. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party consisted of rich colonists dressing up like Native Americans and dumping tea overboard. These colonists were the tea merchants, and they were mad that the British were selling tea so cheap because they were losing money. -
Intolerable Acts
The British passed these acts in response to The Boston Tea Party. They passed a total of five acts, which were to punish the colonists. They wanted to reverse the trend of colonial resistence against them. -
First Continental Congress
It was held at Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphhis, Pennsylvania. There were 56 delegates from all of the colonies except for Georgia. They discussed boycotts, and wrote the Olive Branch Petition, which asked the King of Britain (George III) to take away the Intolerable Acts and taxes and such. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
This was the first battle of the American Revolution. It occurred before the colonists even delcared independence. -
Second Continental Congress
It was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The purpose of this meeting was to move toward independence. They wanted to talk about adopting the Declaration of Independence. -
Common Sense
Thomas Paine wrote this in order to persuade the colonists to want their own independence. He stated numerous resaons of why it would be common sense for them to want independence. He persuaded many colonists to believe what he did. -
Declaration of Independence
This was the colonists reasoning for wanting independence. Thomas Jefferson wrote it, and it was written before the American Revolutionary War. -
Philadelphia Convention
The Constitution was written at this meeting in place of the Articles of Confederation. It consisted of 55 men from the different colonies. The metting lasted about three months, until the Constitution was finally finished.
