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Treaty of Paris 1763
The signing of a treaty between Great Britain, France, Spain and Portugal resulting in the end of the Seven Years’ War. It also marked the beginning of an era of British dominance outside of Europe. -
Proclomation Act
Also known as the Royal Proclamation of 1763, it forbade any new settlements past a line drawn in the Appalachian Mountains. It also established government for Quebec, West Florida, East Florida and Grenada. -
Sugar Act
Passed by the British Parliament, it was passed to raise revenue from taxing sugar. The act also restricted the exportation of lumber outside of Britain. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act created taxes on the transfer of certain documents. Playing cards, mortgages, patent medicines and even newspapers are some of the more obscure items that were taxed along with most legal documents. -
The Quartering Act
It required any colonial home to house British soldiers. Many colonists were outraged and this act was fuel to the fire which led to the Revolutionary War. -
Stamp Act Congress
It was the first gathering of elected officials from several of the colonies. They met in New York City from October 7th to the 25th 1765 to discuss protest against British taxes. -
Declaration of Rights and Grievances
The Stamp Act Congress had proposed legislation declaring British taxation without their consent to be unconstitutional. It had raised 14 points of protest. -
Stamp Act Repealed
With 200 New York merchants not importing anything from England until the Stamp Act was repealed, the British Parliament had to back down and repeal the absurd taxes on stamps and other legal documents. -
Declaratory Act
Do to the forced repeal of the Stamp Act, British Parliament felt threatened and needed to declare that the authority of the Parliament was the same in the Colonies as it was in Britain. -
Townshend Acts
The Townshend Act consisted of 6 laws put into motion in the Colonies that were intended to raise money for Britain as well as punish the Colonists. -
Boston Massacre
In the Colonies, on King Street, March 5th, 1770, British soldiers open fired on some rowdy Colonists. Five Colonists were killed. -
Committee of Correspondence
They were secretive meetings of Patriot Leaders. Over 7,000 Patriots met and discussed resistance of Britain rule. -
Tea Act
An act of the British Parliament in order to get rid of their surplus of teas in order to help the struggling British East India Company. -
Boston Tea Party
A bunch of Patriots who became fed up with the Tea Act threw imported tea from Britain into the water. -
Intolerable Acts
A series of acts put forth by Parliament to punish the Patriots. In Britain they were referred to the Coercive Acts. -
1st Continental Congress
It was a meeting of delegates from the Colonies that met in Philadelphia. They met to try to come up with a solution to the Intolerable Acts. -
Lexington & Concord
They were the first battles that broke out between the British and the Patriots -
Battle of Bunker Hill
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Appeal to Reason Rejected
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Common Sense
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Declaration of Independence