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Procclamation of 1763
Banned settlement beyond the Appalachians -
Sugar Act
It raised tax in the colonies for the crown. Increased the duty on foreign sugar imported from the West Indies -
Stamp Tax
Put a tax on all paper products including playing cards, pamphlets, newspapers, diplomas, bills of ladding, and marriage licenses. -
Quartering Act
This act required colonies to provide food and quarters for British soldiers. -
Declaratory Act
The declaratory act was passed so the British Parliament can make laws for the colonies under any circumstance. -
The Repeal of the Stamp Act
The colonist got very angry about the stamp act so the British Parliament let up a little bit on the Stamp Act. -
Townshend Act
This act put tax on products including glass, white lead, paper, paint, and tea. -
Boston Massacre
The British soldiers and colonists begin to clash because the townspeople were upset over the killing of a young fellow, the british troops got squirrelly and started firing weapons. -
Committee of Correspondence
They were dmall governments made by the colonies to exchange information and they eventually made the American Congress -
Boston Tea Party
The colonists were fed up with all of the British taxes being implemented onto them, so they dressed up as indians and in the middle of the night, got on the ships and dumped all of the tea into the Atlantic. -
Intolerable Acts
The intolerable acts were a way of getting back at the Massachusettes colonists for the Boston Tea Party. -
First Continental Congeress
Twelve of the thirteen colonies met together and talked about politics. It was a meeting about the Intolerable Acts. -
Lexington and Concord
The first battle of the American Revolutionary War, The British sent troops to take colonial supplies, the "Minute Men" wouldn't get out of the way fast enough so shots were fired and eight Americans were killed, wounding several more. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was made by the continental congress, it was sent to Great Britain to say that they now regarded themselves and 13 indpendent states, and not a part of the British Empire.
