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The Treaty of Paris was an agreement that ended the French and Indian War with France and England.
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A document forbidding all settlement past a certain line along the Appalachian mountains.
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A British law passed by the the British Parliament that set tax on sugar and molasses imported into the colonies.
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Designed to require a taxed stamp on all newspapers, and legal documents.
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The quartering act stated that colonists needed to allow British soldiers to house with them and supply food.
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A meeting held in New York involving representatives from the 13 colonies to protest the Stamp Act issued by the British Parliament.
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A document written by the stamp act congress that stated imposing taxes on colonists was unfair.
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After widespread protest, the British Parliament voted to repeal the Stamp Act.
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The declaration stated that Great Britain's parliament had the same power there as in America.
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Acts passed by the British that imposed taxes on paint, paper, glass, lead, and tea imported into the colonies.
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British soldiers open fired on a crowd of people after trying to control a mob.
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A group of leaders that discussed future British actions and using resistance.
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The colonists boycotted purchasing tea because of taxes so the British parliament decided to sell the tea for lower prices to take the British East India Company out of debt.
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Colonists disguised as Indians dumped 342 barrels of tea into the Boston Harbor as an act of protest.
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Laws passed by the British Parliament in order to punish colonists for protests.
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A meeting with 12 of thirteen delegates from the 13 colonies to discuss their responses to the British Parliaments "Intolerable Acts".
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The first military battles fought at the start of the American Revolution.
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The first major battle in the American Revolution that was fought in Charlestown.
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A document that was the last step to try to avoid a war between GB and the colonies.
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A pamphlet published in 1776 that tested the authority of the British government and asked for independence from them.
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A statement stating that the 13 American colonies were severing their ties to Great Britain.
