1. Proclamation of 1763
LAW passed by parliament forbidding colonists to settle WEST of the Appalachian Mountains

2. Directly affects all colonists
Stamp Act
LAW placing a tax on all
legal documents
Directly affects all colonists

3. LAW forcing colonist to house (quarter) British soldiers
Quartering Act
LAW forcing colonist to house (quarter)
British soldiers

4. British troops fired on a group of colonists killing five
Boston Massacre
British troops fired on a group of colonists killing five
(Crispus Attucks)

5. Boston Tea Party
Protest lead by the Sons of Liberty where they dumped chests of tea into Boston harbor

6. Coercive Acts (“Intolerable” Acts)
LAWS that were passed to punish Boston for the Boston Tea Party

7. First Continental Congress
First meeting (assembly)
All 13 colonies

8. Second Continental Congress
2nd meeting of all 13 Colonies
Created a Continental Army
George Washing is General

9. Declaration of Independence
Document that allows the 13 colonies to break away from England

10. “Unalienable rights” A right that cannot be taken away
Rights every citizens has
“Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”

11. Thomas Paine’s book convincing colonist of independence
Common Sense
Thomas Paine’s book convincing colonist of independence

12. Articles of Confederation
Weak constitution
Weak National Government

13. Land Ordinance of 1785 LAW dividing land in the Northwest territory
into 6 by 6 square mile plots (townships)

14. Northwest Ordinance 1787 LAWS for the Northwest territory
60,000 people and territories could be
admitted as a state (annexed)