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Proclamation of 1763
Would prevent colonial expansion east of the Appalachian Mountains. However, this proved to be successful as the British had no real way of enforcing the Proclamation. Colonists regarded the act and expanded regardless. I -
The End of the French and Indian War
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Quartering Act
Required colonists to house and provide supplies for troops -
Stamp Act
Colonists were required to pay tax on all printed material; newspapers, books, documents, land deeds, and contracts -
Townshed Acts
The Townshend Acts were a series of measures, passed by the British Parliament in 1767, that taxed goods imported to the American colonies. -
Boston Massacare
British soldiers nervously shot into a crowd of rioters and killed five people. Considered to be the first shots of the American Revolution. -
Boston Tea Party
Tea boycott. Colonists insisted the British were trying to trick them into paying the tax. December 16, 1773, Boston Patriots dressed as Indians/ boarded three ships/ dumped tea into the harbour. -
Intolerable Acts
Forced colonists to house British Troops and allowed British officers to be tried in Britain for crimes committed by the colonies. -
First Continental Congress
Fall of 1774, delegates from every colony except Georgia met in Philadelphia for the 1st Continental Congress. -
Second Continental Congress
Assembled in Philadelphia. The Second Continental Congress was made up of delegates from each of the 13 colonies and it met in 1776. The Congress was called as a response to the Battle of Lexington and Concord, and it was intended to organize the colonies and give them some direction.
