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this was when England tried to control the American colony trade so that they would only trade with them. -
The Molasses Act was when a British law forced tax on Molasses and sugar -
The French and Indian War was when the British showed interest in the Ohio River Vally, but the French viewed it as theirs after the French had early success and captured several British forts which leaded to war. -
a document that allows the officer to search anywhere affiliated with an individual- this includes shops, warehouses, and even Private homes- for smuggling goods. -
King George III issued the Proclamation of 1763, the Proclamation Act was when France removed itself from the New World and when England began to control everything coast from the Mississippi River. it also shut down colonial expansion -
The reason why trade laws were enforced was that due to the French and England war, England was in debt so the Palarmnet and the king had thought that the colonies should pay a part of the debt. New taxes were placed on colonists, and old taxes were enforced. -
The Sugar Act was when the tax was reduced on molasses. -
The Stamp Act was in 1765 and it was when the parliament passed the Stamp Act. The stamp tax was a small tax on all print materials. -
the Quarting act is when you had to let a British solider in yu house without a say and they could sleep in your bed, and you had to provide anything they wanted. -
The Opposition to the Stamp Act was when there was violent protest in America and the colonists argued that there should be no taxation without representation and that it went against the British constitution to be forced to pay a tax. -
The Townshend Act was a series of laws passed by the British government on the American colonies in 1767 -
the Boston massacre started when kids were mocking the soldiers and throwing snowballs, then one of the soldier's guns went off, because he fell, so when the rest of the soldiers fired because they didn't know if it was one of the people in the crowd that fired. -
General Thomas Gage started to belive that the democracy was a threat to North America. -
the first continental congress was when delegates from twelve of Britain's thirteen American colonies met to discuss America's future. -
A series of four laws was passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party. -
the Quebec Act established the procedure of government for the Province of Quebec. Great Britian acquired the territory from France -
The battles of Lexington and Concord marked the start of the American War of Independence. -
Paul Revere was the one who rode into town to warn everyone the British soldiers were coming -
Fort Ticonderoga was the first offensive victory for American forces in the Revolutionary War. -
The Second Continental Congress was to get people in power to do something about the problems and taxes hurting the colonists -
The Battle of Bunker Hill was a fight which the American Patriots lost -
The Olive Branch petition was a petition sent to the king by congress where the delegates asked the king to stop using military force against the colonists. -
When Washington took over Boston 11,000 redcoast and hundreds Loyalists left the city by boat, Washington marched onto Boston on March 18. -
The Declaratory Act was when the Parliament could make laws binding the American colonies. -
in the colonies, the Hessians were verified as ruthless mercenaries hired to do king Georges's dirty work. -
The Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776,