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prodamation line
the prodamation line rendered worthless land grants given by the british government to americans www.en.wikipedia.orgp -
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quartering act
it outlined the locations and conditions in british soldeiers are to find room and board in the american www.history.org -
Declaratory act
Accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act; stated that the British Parliament's taxing authority was the same in America https://www.britannica.com/event/Declaratory-Act-Great-Britain-1766 Mar 24, 1765, Quartering Act Jul 4, 1776, Declaration Of Independence 1772, Committee of Correspondence Oct 7, 1763, Proclamation Line Mar 5, 1770, Boston Massacre Dec 16, 1773, Boston Tea Party Mar 24, 1774, Intolerable or Coercive Act Jan 9, 1776, Common Sense 1767, Townshend Act -
Townshend Act
Named after Charles Townshend; purpose was to raise revenue in the colonies to pay the salaries of governors and judges https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Townshend_Acts -
Boston Massacre
Started as a simple snowball fight; led to a fight between the British soldiers and the American colonists which led to 5 people being killed http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-massacre Dec 16, 1773, Boston Tea Party Mar 24, 1774, Intolerable or Coercive Act Jan 9, 1776, Common Sense 1767, Townshend Act -
Committee of Correspondence
Maintaining communication lines in the years before the Revolutionary War http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/committees-of-correspondence Oct 7, 1763, Proclamation Line Mar 5, 1770, Boston Massacre Dec 16, 1773, Boston Tea Party Mar 24, 1774, Intolerable or Coercive Act Jan 9, 1776, Common Sense 1767, Townshend Act -
Tea Act
Designed to prop up the East India Company which was floundering financially and burdened with 18,000,000 pounds of unsold tea http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/teaact.html Mar 18, 1766, Declaratory Act Mar 24, 1765, Quartering Act Jul 4, 1776, Declaration Of Independence 1772, Committee of Correspondence Oct 7, 1763, Proclamation Line Mar 5, 1770, Boston Massacre Dec 16, 1773, Boston Tea Party Mar 24, 1774, Intolerable or Coercive Act 1767, Townshend Act -
Boston Tea Party
A group of Massachusetts colonists disguised as Indians boarded 3 British ships and dump 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor; The value of the tea that was dumped into the harbor was at $18,000 Mar 24, 1774, Intolerable or Coercive Act Jan 9, 1776, Common Sense 1767, Townshend Act -
Intolerable or Coercive Act
Aimed to punish the Massachusetts colonists for the actions taken in the incident known as the Boston Tea Party; related to Quebec was seen as an additional threat to the liberty https://www.landofthebrave.info/intolerable-acts.htm Jan 9, 1776, Common Sense 1767, Townshend Act -
"Shot Heard Around The World"
The "Shot Heard Around The World" became associated with historical events such as the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914 http://www.history.com/news/ask-history/what-was-the-shot-heard-round-the-world The first shots were fired just after dawn in Lexington, Massachusetts on the morning of April 19, 1775 https://www.constitutionfacts.com/us-declaration-of-independence/the-shot-heard-round-the-world/ May 10, 1773, Tea Act Mar 18, 1766, Declaratory Act -
Common Sense
Advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the 13 colonies; To encourage common people in the Colonies to fight for egalitarian government https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Sense_(pamphlet) 1767, Townshend Act -
Declaration Of Independence
In mid-June of 1776, a five man committee including Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Benjamin Franklin were tasked with drafting a statement of the colonies' intentions; This document was written by Thomas Jefferson and was signed and approved on July 4, a date we celebrate as the birth of American freedom http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/declaration-of-independence 1772, Committee of Correspondence Oct 7, 1763, Proclamation Line
