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Treaty of Paris of 1763
Negotiated between the United States and Great Britain, ended the revolutionary war and recognized American Independence. -
Proclamation of 1763
Issued on October 7, 1763 which forbid all settlements past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. -
Stamp Act
Imposed a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents. -
Declaratory Act
An Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, which accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act 1765. -
Townshend Acts
Was a series of of acts passed by the Parliament of Great Britain relating to the British colonies in North America. -
Boston Massacre
Was an incident on March 5, 1770 in which British army soldiers killed five male citizens and injured six others. -
Tea Act
It was to reduce massive amount of tea held by the British East India company and to help the struggling company survive. -
Boston Tea Party
It was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, on December 16, 1773. -
Intolerable Acts
Was the American Patriots term for a series of laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. -
1st continental congress
It was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen colonies that met on September 5 to October 26, 1774. -
Midnight ride: Revere, Cheswell, Dawes
Occurred on the nigh of April 18, 1775 when Paul Revere and William Dawes rode from Boston to Lexington to warn John Hancock and Samuel Adams of the movements of the British army. -
Lexington and Concord
The battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military of the American Revolutionary War. -
2nd continental congress
It managed the colonial war effort, and moved towards independence, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence.
