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Treaty of Paris
1- The Treaty of Paris was signed in 1763 by Great Britain and the countries in the Seven Years' War. This treaty ended the war and defined the terms on which it ended. -
Proclamation Act
2- The Proclamation of 1763 required the colonists not to settle farther west than the Appalachian Mountains. King George III's created this after the Seven Years' War. -
The Sugar Act
3- The Sugar Act was passed by Great Britain in 1764. The act imposed a tax on the colonists' sugar and was supposed to fix the problems of the previous Molasses Act. -
The Stamp Act
4- The Stamp Act charged the colonists a tax on every printed paper used. -
The Quartering Act
5- In 1765, Great Britain passed the Quartering Act, in which the colonists were required to board, or 'quarter' British soldiers. -
Stamp Act Congress
6- The Stamp Act Congress was formed in 1765 to combat Great Britain's imposition of taxes on the colonies. -
Stamp Act Repealed
7- After the colonies showed their discontent with Great Britain's taxation, British Parliament repealed the Stamp Act in 1766. -
Townshend Acts
8- The Townshend Acts taxed the colonists' further on items like tea, paper, and glass. This made the colonists increasingly furious with their rulers. -
Boston Massacre
9- In the Boston Massacre, five colonists were shot by British soldiers in a mob that had formed against the British. -
Committee of Correspondence
10- The Committees of Correspondence were governments formed by the colonists. These committees formed plans against England and coordinated responses and actions against the British. -
Tea Act
11- The Tea act of 1773 was created by England in order to give all tea sales in the colonies to the British East India Company. This forced the colonists to pay taxes on the tea under the Townshend act and further incited rebellion. -
Boston Tea Party
12- England's Tea Act caused some unrest among the colonies. When a shipment of British tea arrived, angry colonists threw the tea into the harbor, ruining it and loudly declaring the colonists' feelings for English taxes. -
Intolerable Acts
13- The Intolerable Acts were passed in response to the colonists' bad behavior in the Boston Tea Party. These Acts limited the colonies' rights to self-govern caused further conflict and anger among the colonists. -
1st Continental Congress
14- The First Continental Congress had representatives from the colonies and discussed the correct response to Britain's passing of the Intolerable Acts which removed the right of self-government. -
Declaration of Rights and Grievances
15- The Declaration of Rights and Grievances was created by the Stamp Act Congress. It dictated the dislike that the colonists held for Great Britain's taxation on the colonies. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
16- Lexington and Concord were the sites of the first battles of the American Revolution. England had gotten word and decided to attack a location where the colonists had weapons stored. The colonists found out before the attack, and were waiting prepared. -
The Battle of Bunker Hill
17- The Battle of Bunker Hill was lost to the British in 1775 but gave the colonies a chance to stand against their rulers. -
Appeal to Reason Rejected
18- Also known as the Olive Branch Petition, the Appeal to Reason was written by John Dickinson and dictated the colonists' desire to resolve the problems between governor and governed peacefully. -
Common Sense
19- Common Sense, a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine, was published in 1776 and persuaded colonists to turn against the Imperialist British. -
Declaratory Act
20- The Declaratory Act, issued by Great Britain in March, 1776, declared that England had the same right to tax in America as it did in England. -
Declaration of Independence
21- The Declaration of Independence, signed on the famous date July 4, 1776, shows that the colonists were utterly and finally fed up with the unfair government that had previously ruled them. The Declaration stated that the colonies considered themselves dissolved from all connection with Great Britain's rule.