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Proclamation of 1763
The colonists had in mind the great vast western lands, the king presented this to calm the fears of the indians, this was intended to pen the colonists to the eastern atlantic seaboard to control them in a easier way. Colonists felt like they had been robbed of rich land in the west. -
townsched acts
The Townshend acts were passed by the Parliament of Great Britain. The purpose was to punish the province of new york for failing to follow the Quartering act and to raise revenue in the colonies. It resulted a massacre in Boston. -
boston massacre
The Massacre was the 1770, pre-Revolutionary incident growing out of the anger against the British troops sent to Boston to maintain order and to enforce the Townshend Acts. The Boston Massacre, was an incident on March 5, 1770, in which British Army soldiers killed five male civilians and injured six others. -
boston tea party
The Boston Tea Party was a direct action by colonists in Boston against the British government and the monopolistic East India Company that controlled and managed all the tea coming into the colonies. It took place on 16th December 1773 when the colonists threw tea into the Boston Harbour. -
First/Second Contenintial Congress
American colonial government coordinated their resistance to british rule during the first two years of the american revolution as war progressed this congress became an effective government, second continental congress met in 1781 until articles of confederation established a new national government for United States of America -
Treaty of alliance 1778
was a defensive alliance between france and america in the midst of the revolutionary war which promised military support in case of british attack from there forces, formed a franco-american until 1800 -
whiskey rebellion
The refusal of U.S. grain farmers and whiskey distillers to pay a new excise tax on sprites in 1794. President George Washington ordered a huge militia to meet the resistance, which then quickly vanished. The Whiskey Tax was repealed under President Thomas Jefferson. -
shays rebellion 1787
Occurred 1786-1787 in the state of Massachusetts. The rebellion was caused by economic depression.