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Proclamation of 1763
Was a British proclamation that forbade the colonists from settling west of the Appalachin Mountains -
Treaty of Paris
Treaty that ended the war between France and Britain. Other wise known as the seven year war. -
Sugar Act
Law Palcing tax on sugar, mollasses, and other products needed by colonists. -
Stamp Act
Required commercial items to have a stamp proving paymant. -
Townshend Acts
Was an act passed by parliment to tax all of the colonists imports. -
Boston Massacre
Incident which the british troops fired on and killed american colonists becase we werew rebelling against taxation -
Boston Tea Party
Angry and frustrated at a new tax on tea, American colonists calling themselves the Sons of Liberty and disguised as Mohawk Native Americans boarded three British ships dumped 342 whole crates of British tea into Boston harbor on December 16, 1773. Similar incidents occurred in Maryland, New York, and New Jersey in the next few months, and tea was eventually boycotted throughout the colonies. -
Tea Act
Act that gave a monopoly on tea sales to the East India Company. -
Continential Congress
Two groups of people from all over the 13 Colonies who came together to discuss liberty. -
Intolerable Acts
Series of laws sponsored by British Prime Minister Lord North and enacted in 1774 in response to the Boston Tea Party. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
Two-day engagement between British forces under the command of General William Howe and American forces under Colonel William Prescott. -
Lexington and Concord
irst shots fired between American and British troops, on April 19, 1775 -
Second Continential Congress
The Second Continental Congress met in 1775, when the Revolutionary war had started. -
Declaration of Independence
Document declaring the 13 American Colonies independent from Great Britain. Written by Thomas Jefferson and declared in effect by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776. -
The adoption of the Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was approved by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776. This historic document said that the American colonies were independent from Great Britain.
