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Proclamation becomes law
Colonist could not settle west of the Appalachian Mountains. British wanted the land to remain in the same place, with their Native American allies. This law angered colonists who had hoped to move to the fertile Ohio Valley. Many colonists have no land left of their own. Many Colonist decided to ignore the Proclamation law. -
Proclamation of 1763
The proclamation, closed off the frontier to colonial expansion. The first thing on the minds of colonists was the great western frontier. That had opened to them when the French ceded that contested territory to the British. The proclamation established four new colonies, three of them on the continent proper -
sugar act
It is expedient that new provisions and regulations should be established for improving the revenue of this Kingdom. Also it is just and necessary that a revenue should be raised ... for defraying the expenses of defending, protecting, and securing the same. -
stamp act passed
The Stamp Act required all legal and commercial documents to carry a stamp showing taxes ave been paid for. things that had stamps on tem were things like, diplomas, contracts, nespapers. Wills had to carry a stamp. Newspapers had to be written on specialpaper because of this law. -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act is a name given to, two Acts of British Parliament in the 18th century. Parliament passed the Quartering Act to address the practical concerns troop deployment. This law expanded in 1766 and required the assemblies to billet soldiers in taverns and unoccupied houses. -
townshend act passed
The Townshend act got its name from Charles Townshend. Charles Townshend, told that he has a way to raise renevue in the colonies, so they passed the act. The act suspended New York's assembley until New York provided houses for the troops. -
Boston Massacre
On March 5th, 1770, tensions finally exploded into big violence. A big fight broke out, and the soldiers began to firing. Attucks and four labors were killed in the fight. They had given their lifes for freedom. -
Tea Act.
The Tea Act would launch the final spark to the revolutionary movement in Boston. The act was not intended to raise revenue in American colonies, and imposed no new taxes. An act to allow a drawback of the duties of customs on the exportation of tea to any of his Majesty's colonies or plantations in America; to increase the deposit on ohea tea to be sold at the India Company's sale. -
Boston Tea Party
A group of men disguised as Native Americans boardedd three tea ships docked in Boston harbor. George Hewes later called the event. The sons of liberty organized what is called the Boston Tea party. -
Intolerable act
The Intolerable Acts was the Patriot name for series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament. The government spent a lot of money on troops and equipment in an attempt to subjugate Massachusetts. British merchants had lost big sums of money on looted, Spoiled, and destroyed goods shipped to the colonies. The revenue generated by the Townshend duties. -
First Continental Congress meet
This took place in Philadelphia. All of the colonies accept Georgia went. Delegates to voted to ban all trade with Britian until the Intorable Acts got repealed. They told the colonies to train their troops. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
700 British troops reached Lexington. Captain John Parker and about 70 other minutemen waiting.The British commander ordered the Americans to drop their muskets, but they refused. -
second continental congess
Delegates from 12 of the 13 Colonies were present when the Second Continental Congress convened. Georgia did ntot show up to the first continental congress, and did not send elegates to the second one. Many who attended the firt meeting did go to the second one. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The battle is named after the adjacent Bunker Hill, which was involved in the battle and was the original objective of both colonial and British troops, and is occasionally referred to as the "Battle of Breed's Hill." -
Common sense
This story inspired people in the Thirteen Colonies to declare and fight for independence from Great Britain in the summer of 1776. Common Sense challenged the authority of the British government and the royal monarchy. The language that Thomas Paine used spoke to the common people of America and was the first work to openly ask for independence from Great Britain. -
Declaration of Independence is signed
The committe included Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Roger Sherman, Robert Livingston, and Thomas Jefferson. The group chose Thomas Jefferson to compose the Declaration.They chose him because he was an excellent writer, and because he was from Virgina. No movement could succced without any support. -
Battle of Trenton
The Battle of Trenton took place on the morning of December 26, 1776. Because the river was icy and the weather severe, the crossing proved dangerous. Two detachments were unable to cross the river, leaving Washington with only 2,400 men under his command in the assault. The hazardous crossing in adverse weather made it possible for Washington to lead the main body of the Continental Army against Hessian soldiers garrisoned at Trenton. -
Battle of Saratoga
The Battle of Saratoga went at it two different times. The first one was on september 19th, and the second one was on October 7th.The two battles were fought 18 days apart on the same ground, 9 miles south of Saratoga, New York.The first battle, on September 19, began when Burgoyne moved some of his troops in an attempt to flank the entrenched American position on Bemis Heights. -
Battle of Yorktown
Battle of YorkTown was a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington. The French and American armies united north of New York City during the summer of 1781.Lord Cornwallis, claiming to be ill, was absent from the ceremony. With the capture of over 7,000 British soldiers, negotiations between the United States and Great Britain began, resulting in the Treaty of Paris in 1783.
