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This treaty is signed by Britain, Spain and France with Spain in agreement after Britain's victory over France and Spain
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issued by King George III, this forbade the settlement of american colonists beyond the Appalachian mountains. Was designed to fairly work out native disputes
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This was a revenue raising act passed by the parliament of great Britain.
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Led to an uproar in the colonies and is the major cause of the revolution. Taxation without representation
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These were a series of laws requiring the provision of housing, food and drink to British troops in the American colonies.
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Representatives from 9 out of the 13 colonies declare the stamp act unconstitutional. This was the first gathering of the the elected representatives
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Document written by the stamp act congress. It declared taxes imposed on British colonists without their consent unconstitutional
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The parliament finalizes the repeal of the Stamp Act, but declares that it has the right to tax colonies.
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Duties on tea, glass, paint and paper to help pay for the administration of the colonies. Named after Charles Townshend
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A street fight between a mob and British soldiers. Several of the colonists were killed
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Samuel Adams organised the first Committee of Correspondence at Boston. This rallied colonial opposition against the British policy
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Law allowing the British East India Company to sell its tea directly to the colonies
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British measures designed to punish the Massachusetts colonists for the Boston tea party. There were 5 total acts passed
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Delegates from each of the 13 colonies except for Georgia, met in Philadelphia to discus colonial resistance
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First military engagements of the american revolutionary war. Between the British troops and minutemen who had been warned of the attack by Paul Revere.
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After learning that the British were planning to send troops from Boston to occupy the hills surrounding the city, 1,000 colonials built earthen fortifications on top of Breeds hill
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Congress endorses a proposition asking for recognition of American rights,he ending of the Intolerable Acts in exchange for a cease fire. George III rejected the proposal.
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Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine advocating independence from Britain to the people in the 13 colonies
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The British parliament repeals the stamp act after four months of widespread protest in america .
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Thomas Jefferson presents the United States deceleration of independence
