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French and Indian War
In the peace treaty 1763 the British got most of the French land in North America, British began taxing the colonist to pay for wars. Also known as the seven years war.In the end this provided Great Britain with lots of gains in North America -
Albany plan of Union
A plan to place the British North America colonies under a more centralized government. It urged the colonists to overcome their parochial interest.
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Proclamation of 1763
CLosed off the frontier to colonial expanision. The proclamation line extended from the Atlantic coast at Quebee to the border of West Florida.
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Sugar Act
Reduce a tax of six pence pergallon to three pence per gallon on inportation of foreign molasses. Enlisted more foreign goods to be taxed including sugar, coffee, primiento, etc.This act, and the Currency Act, set the stage for the revolt at the impositiion of the stamp Act.
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Stamp Act
Granting and applying certain stamp duties, in the plantations in America, British colonies, towards futher defraying the expenses of defending, protecting, and securing the same place.
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Quatering Act of 1765
An act to amend and render more effectual.
For punishing mutiny and desertion, for better payment of the Army and their quaters.
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Stamp Act Congress
The delegates approved a 14-point Declaration of Rights and Grievances. The Resolutions of the Stamp Act Congress October 19 1765. Colonial leaders thought the colonies should work together to change Parliament's tax laws on the colonies.
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Repeal of the Stamp Act
After months of protest, and an appeal by Benjamin Franklin before the British House of Commons, Parliament voted to repeal the Stamp Act in March 1766 -
Declaratory Act
1766), declaration by the British Parliament that accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act. It stated that the British Parliament's taxing authority was the same in America as in Great Britain. Parliament had directly taxed the colonies for revenue in the Sugar Act (1764) and the Stamp Act (1765). -
Townshend Act
Taxes on glass, paint, oil, lead, paper, and tea were applied with the design of raising £40,000 a year for the administration of the colonies. The result was the resurrection of colonial hostilities created by the Stamp Act.
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Boston Massacre
a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770, between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. Several colonists were killed and this led to a campaign by speech-writers to rouse the ire of the citizenry. -
Intolerable Acts
The government spent immense sums of money on troops and equipment in an attempt to subjugate Massachusetts. British merchants had lost huge sums of money on looted, spoiled, and destroyed goods shipped to the colonies. The revenue generated by the Townshend duties, in 1770, amounted to less than £21,000. 1774The colonies were pressed with greater taxes without any representation in Britain.
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Boston Tea Party
, the British shut down Boston Harbor until all of the 340 chests of British East India Company tea were paid for. This was implemented under the 1774 Intolerable Acts and known as the Boston Port Act
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Quebec Act
Parliament passed the Quebec Act, a well-intentioned measure designed to afford greater rights to the French inhabitants of Canada, which had come under British rule through the Treaty of Paris in 1763. became effective 1 May 1775.
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First Continental Congress
ll of the colonies except Georgia sent delegates. These were elected by the people, by the colonial legislatures, or by the committees of correspondence of the respective colonies. Pennsylvania and New York sent delegates with firm instructions to seek a resolution with England.
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Battle of Lexington and Concord
fought on April 19, 1775, kicked off the American Revolutionary War (1775-83). Tensions had been building for many years between residents of the 13 American colonies and the British authorities, particularly in Massachusetts.
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Treaty of Paris
Ended the revolutionary war and recognized American independence. Last major battle of the war, although some minor skrimishes took place for the next two years. Removed several ominous barriers and opened a host of new opportunities for colonist. www.loc.gov
