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Ended the French and Indian war between Great Britain and France
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This act was passed to restrict how far the colonies could expand west.
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A revision to the previous Molasses Act that taxed six pence per gallon. Reduced the tax in hopes that it would be enforced.
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Acts passed that required the colonists to accommodate British soldiers.
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Britain Parliament imposed a tax on all stamps in the British colonies.
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Stamp Act Congress or first American Congress was a meeting that had representatives from many colonies.
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After months of protest in the colonies the British government repealed the Stamp Act.
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The Declaratory Act was passed when the Stamp Act was repealed, giving the British government the ability to tax the colonists for whatever and at any price.
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A series of acts imposed on the colonies that raised taxes on many products.
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The British shot at a mob and killed 5 colonists.
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United the colonies in opposition to the British.
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The Sons of Liberty threw 342 chests of British tea into Boston Harbor.
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An act that forced the colonies to buy only British tea.
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Passed by British Parliament to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party
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Was a meeting with delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies. Discussed resistance to acts imposed on them.
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The British and Americans fought at Bunker Hill in the early stages of the Revolutionary War. The British won the battle.
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These battles were the first military battles in the Revolutionary War.
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A document sent to Britain by the colonies in an attempt to avoid all out war.
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Common Sense was a book written by Thomas Paine that convinced many Americans that they should go to war.
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A document that told the King that the colonies were going to leave the British Empire.
