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It ended the French and Indian War. The British gained the Ohio River Valley.
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It strictly prohibited the colonists from settling in the area past the Appalachian Mountains. The colonists believed they should have rights to the land they fought for, causing discontent in the colonies.
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The first law to be ever past by Parliament for easing tax revenue in the colonies for the crown.
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Grenville imposed to raise revenues to support the new military force. It mandated the use of stamped paper or affixing of stamps, certifying tax payment.
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It required certain colonies to provide food and quarters for British troops. It made many colonist angry.
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It stated the rights and grievances of colonists and beseeched the king and Parliament to repeal the repugnant legislation.
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Parliament passed it, reaffirming its right “to bind” colonies “in all cases whatsoever.” The British government defined its constitutional principle: absolute and unqualified sovereignty over the colonies.
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Imposed a light import duty on glass, white lead, paper, paint, and tea. Colonists refused any taxes without representation.
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60 townspeople began taunting and throwing snowballs at a squad of ten redcoats. The Bostonians were still angry over the death of an eleven-year-old boy, shot ten days earlier during a protest against a merchant who had defined the colonial boycott of British goods. Acting without orders the troops fired and killed eleven citizens.
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Lord North convinced Parliament to repeal the Townshend Acts, all except for the tea tax.
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This group was created by Samuel Adams, and it spread resistance by exchanging letters, which kept opposition to British policy alive.
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About 100 Bostonians, disguised as Indians, boarded the ships. They smashed open 342 chests of tea and dumped the contents into the Boston Harbor.
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It granted emancipation for the Catholic/French-speaking settlers of the province. It also repealed the loyalty oath and reinstated French civil law in combination with British criminal law.
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Four measures which stripped Massachusetts of self-government and judicial independence. The colonies responded with a general boycott of British goods.
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It was a meeting in Philadelphia to redress grievances. 12 of 13 colonies (except Georgia) sent 55 men: S. Adams, J. Adams, G. Washington, P. Henry.
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It was an agreement made by the American colonies to impose a complete boycott against British goods: nonimportation, non-exportation, & non-consumption.
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A British commander in Boston was sent to Lexington and Concord where he was to cease colonial gunpowder and bag the ring leaders Sam Adams and John Hancock. Colonial minutemen won both battles, this was the beginning of a war.
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Met in Philadelphia soon after the beginning of the Revolutionary War. All thirteen colonies attended.
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In response to the arrival of William Penn in England, carrying Congress petition for independence. This action officially declared the colonies to be in a state of a belly pain in response to the rival of William Penn in England. This action declared the colonies to be in a state of rebellion.
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Lord Dunmore, royal governor of Virginia, issued a proclamation promising freedom for any enslaved black in Virginia who joined the British army.
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This foundational document of American independence in foreign policy was drafted by Thomas Paine and became one of the most influential pamphlets written.
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Drafted by Thomas Jefferson, it originally Richard Henry Lee’s resolution. It established the new American Revolutionary government in officially declared war against Great Britain
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French and Americans on land and Sea trapped the British army on a peninsula at Yorktown and forced them at surrender. The siege virtually ended military operations in the American Revolution.
