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The Albany Congress
It started on June 19, 1754 and ended on July 11, 1754. The Albany of Congress was a meeting of representatives from the northern seven of the thirteen British North American colonies. -
The Proclamation of 1763
This was issues by George III and forbade settlers from passing the line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. -
The Sugar Act
It was an act lowered the price on molasses but raised the tax on sugar. -
The Currency Act
This regulated paper money issed by the colonies of British America. -
The Stamp Act
This requiered a tax to be paid on the transfer of certain documents. -
The Quartering Act of 1765
Parliament enacted these acts to order local goverments of the American colonies to provide British soilders with any needed accommodations. -
The Virginia Stamp Act Resolutions
A sries of resolutions passed by the Virginia House of Burgesses in response to the Stamp Act in 1765. -
The Stamp Act Congress
The Stamp Act Congress started on October 7, 1765 and ended October 25, 1765. This was a meeting consisting of representatives from some of the British Colonies in North America. -
The Declaratory Act
This was an act that the Parliament of Britian, which accompainied the repeal of the Stamp Act. -
The Townshend Revenue Act
These were a series of acts that were passed by the Parliament of Britian relating to the British colonies in North America. -
The Boston Massacre
This was where British Army soilders killed five civilian men and injured six others. -
Gaspée Affair
This was an event where a group of men attacked, boarded, looted, and torched the ship that a British customs schooner, who had been enforcing unpopular trade regulations, was on. -
The Tea Act
Thid was an act to reduce the massive suplus of tea held by the British East India Company. -
The Boston Tea Party
A group of colonists boarded ships and destroyed tea by throwing it into the Boston Harbor. -
Boston Port Act
This was designed to secure Britian's jurisdictions over their American dominions. -
Administration of Justice Act
This Act included the Boston Port Bill, Massachusetts Goverment Act, and the Quatering Act. -
Quartering Act of 1774
This was passed and enforced by the colonists and they were a reaction to the Boston Tea Party and were aimed at the radicalism in Massachusetts. -
The Association
This was a system created by the First Contiental Congress in 1774 for implementing a trade of boycott with Britian. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
This was a battle during the Siege of Boston and was fought by the colonial and British forces. -
The Virginia Declaration of Rights
This was a document that was draftes in 1776 to proclaim the inherent rights of men, including the right to rebel against inadequate goverment.
