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Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris signified the end of the Seven Years' War. -
Proclamation of 1763
A law made by Britain that porhibited colonists from settling west of the Applachian mountains. -
Sugar Act
The first ever law passed by the Parliament for raising tax revenue in the colonies for the crown. -
Stamp Tax Made
The stamp tax was a tax passed by the British parilment that made all paper used in the colonies to be taxed to have a certification and stamp on it. -
Quartering Act of 1765
A law passed by the British Parliment forcing all colonists to allow British Soldiers to go inside their homes and eat their food. -
Stamp Act Congress
Brought together in New York City twenty-seven delegates from nine colonies. The members drew up a statement of their rights and grievances and beseeched the king and Parliament to repeal the repugnant legislation. -
Declaratory Act Passed
The declaratory act allowed the British government to make any laws about and towards the colonies. -
Townshend Acts
A light import duty on glass, white lead, paper, paint, and tea. -
Boston Massacre
Acting without orders, British troops opened fire and killed or wounded eleven citizens. -
First Committee of Correspondence Formed
The first committee of ccorrespondence was formed by Samuel Adams during 1772 in Boston. -
Boston Tea Party
Roughly 100 Bostonians, disguised as Indians, boarded docked ships and dumped over 300 boxes of tea into the Atlantic Ocean. -
Intolerable Acts
This is when the intolerabls started into effect into the Americas. These were laws that restricted American colonists from doing simple day to day activities such as holding town meetings. -
Quebec Act
Gave French Canadiens complete religious freedom and restored the French form of civil law. -
First Continental Congress
Twenty-five men from all of the colonies met in Philadelphia to consider ways of redressing colonial grievances. -
Lexington and Concord
This was a sending of British troops to go and take gunpowder from the rebels and to "bag" Samuel Adams and John Hancock for leading the rebellion. -
Declaration of Indepenence
A document that declared the American colonies independent from Britain.
