-
Period: to
road to revolution
Following the French & Indian, England's policies caused the colonies to consider independence. -
Proclamation Line
The Proclamation Line was a border that ran west of the Appalachian Mountains and south of Hudson Bay to Florida. At the end of the French and Indian War, the British issued a proclamation,mainly intended to conciliate the Indians by checking the encroachment of settlers on their lands. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was the first direct tax on the colonists. Almost all printed materials were taxed. At first, it was opposed but then it was later repealed because of colonial protest and boycotts. -
Quartering Act
Required colonist to provide food and shelter to the British soldiers. It was imposed on the colonists of Colonial America by the British government using parliament. -
Declaratory Act
This act was made to save face, it declared England's authority to make laws for the colonies. It was considered to be a declaration by the British Parliment that accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act. -
Townshend Acts
It is the series of acts taxed items such as tea, paper, and glass. It was named after Charles Townshend, which was the British Chancellor of the Treasurer. These taxes were imposed on the colonists in the 13 colonies of America. -
Boston Massacre
British soldiers fired on heckling crowd of colonists, killing 5. It is also known as the Incident on King Street by the British. Most of the colonist were very furious. -
Committee of Correspondence
Colonies set up groups to communicate about British activities. They rallied colonial opposition against British policy and established a political union among the Thirteen Colonies. -
Tea Act
It lowered the tax on British tea, making it cheaper than the non- British tea colonists smuggles.It was an act of parliament.It was the final straw in a series of unpopular policies and taxes imposed by Britain on her American colonies. -
Boston Tea Party
Colonists, disguised as Indians,dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. It was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston. -
Intolerable or Coercive Acts
England shut down Boston Harbor, stopped allowing elections, and expanded the Quartering Act. It was meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in throwing a large tea shipment into Boston harbor. -
"Shot Heard Around the World"
The start of the American revolution. In Concord, 400 "minutemen" attacked and chased the British back to Boston, killing 99 troops. It was the battles of Lexington and Concord and the first shots were fired after dawn in Lexington, Massachusetts. -
Common Sense
Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense.Paine fundamentally changed the tenor of colonists’ argument with the crown when he wrote the following: “Europe, and not England, is the parent country of America. -
Declaration of Independence
It was a document declaring the United States to be independent under the British Crown. The document stated the reasons why the 13 American colonies wanted to be free of Great Britain's government. It basically states that the authority to govern belongs to the people
