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The French and Indian War
A war fought in the middle of the eighteenth century between the Britain and France over land and resources. -
The French and Indian War
A war fought in the middle of the eighteenth century between the Britain and France over land and resources. -
The Proclamation Line of 1763
Prohibited white setters claiming territory designated as Indian country. The intention was to use it as a means to make peace with Indian tribes after the French and Indian War. -
The Sugar Act
A law passed by the British Parliament in 1764 raising duties on foreign refined sugar imported by the colonies so as to give British sugar growers in the West Indies a monopoly on the colonial market. -
The Stamp Act
An act of the British Parliament for raising revenue in the American Colonies by requiring the use of stamps and stamped paper for official documents, commercial writings, and various articles: it was to go into effect on November 1, 1765, but met with intense opposition and was repealed in March, 1766 -
The Quartering Act
The British parliamentary provision (actually an amendment to the annual Mutiny Act) requiring colonial authorities to provide food, drink, quarters, fuel, and transportation to British forces stationed in their towns or villages. -
The Stamp Act Congress
A meeting held between October 7 and 25, 1765 in New York City. The men who attended the meeting consisted of representatives from 9 of the British Colonies in North America. The objective of the representatives was to devise a unified protest against new British taxation - specifically the Stamp Act of 1765. -
The Declaratory Act
"American Colonies Act" accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act 1765 and the changing and lessening of the Sugar Act. Increases the power Britain had. -
Townshend Acts
Imposed duties (taxes) on glass, lead, paints, paper and tea imported into the colonies. -
The Boston Massacre
This was not really a massacre; colonists were protesting and began throwing rocks and snowballs at the soliders, they did not stop so they were shot. -
The Gaspee Incident
The Gaspee was chasing a merchant ship believed to be smuggling goods. The Gaspee ran aground in Narragansett Bay, near Providence. The next night, a group of men boarded the Gaspee. They were led by John Brown, a wealthy merchant from Providence. They wounded the lieutenant who was commanding the ship, and set the ship on fire. -
The Tea Act
Granted the British East India Company Tea a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies. (All about the money) -
The Boston Tea Party
Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty boarded three ships in the Boston harbor and threw 342 chests of tea overboard. This resulted in the passage of the punitive Coercive Acts in 1774 and pushed the two sides closer to war. -
The Intolerable Acts
In retaliation of the Boston Tea Party, the British government enacted a series of punitive acts (the Coercive Acts), together with a separate act dealing with French Canada (the Quebec Act). The colonists were outraged by these various laws. -
The First Continental Congress
Attempt to settle the concerns and frustrations raised with the Intolerable Acts through debate and discussion. (famous Patriots like John Adams, Samuel Adams, George Washington, and Patrick Henry, from twelve colonies met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to formulate a plan of action.) -
Patrick Henry's Speech
38-year-old lawyer and politician gave an impassioned plea urging the Old Dominion to form militias to defend itself against the British. Henry’s brief address which closed with the incendiary line “Give me liberty or give me death! swayed the Convention in his favor, and his words became a rallying cry during the march to war that was soon to begin. -
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
Battles of Lexington and Concord, initial skirmishes between British regulars and American provincials, marking the beginning of the American Revolution. (Shot heard around the world) -
The Battle at Bunker Hill
The first great battle of the Revolutionary War; it was fought near Boston in June 1775. The British drove the Americans from their fort at Breed's Hill to Bunker Hill, but only after the Americans had run out of gunpowder. -
Declaration of Independence
A document split up into 5 sections that gave the unanimous 13 colonies their independence from Britain.
