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The Tea Act
It was created to help save the British East India Company and British economy.The East India company nearly total control of the market for tea,amking taxes less expensive for the colonists. -
Intolerable Acts
It was a harsh laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774.They were meant to punish the american colonists for the boston tea party and other protests. -
French and Indian War
They was the North American conflict in larger imperial war between Great Britain and France known as the 7 years war. -
Proclamation Line of 1763
Proclamation forbade settlement west of the Appalachian mountains.Native Americans who had sided against him during concluded seven years war. -
Treaty of Paris 1763
The 1763 Treaty of Paris ended the Seven Years War in Europe and the parallel French and Indian War in North America. Under the treaty, Britain won all of Canada and almost all of the modern United States east of the Mississippi. -
Sugar Act 1764
American's Duties and Revenue was a revenue raising acr passed by the parliament of Great Britain on April 5,1764 -
Stamp Act
The was passed by the British parliament on March 22, 1765.Every American colonist and required them to pay a tax on every printed paper they use for examples: Newspaper, Legal documents,Licenses. -
Declaratory Act
British Parliament's taxing was in America just like Great Britain.Parliament's had directly taxed the colonies of revenue in sugar act. -
Townshend Revenue Acts
They was passed by the Englsih Parliament shortly after the repeal of the stamp act.They was to collect revenue from colonists in america by putting duties on imports of glass,leads,paints,papers,and tea. -
Boston Massacre
A street fight occurred on March 5, 1770, between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers.Many colonists were killed and this led to a campaign by speech-writers to rouse the of the citizenry. -
Boston Tea Party
Protest against increased tea prices in which colonists dumped British tea into Boston Harbor. -
Quartering act of 1774
British troops to be given food and shelter at the expense of the american colonists. -
First Continental Congress
It was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies that met on September 5 to October 26,1774. -
Second Continental Congress
They managed the colonial war effort and moved incrementally towards independence adopting the united states Declaration of Indepence. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
There were the first military engagements of the American revolutionary war. -
George Washington named Commander in Chief
Commander in Chief of the army of the united colonies of all forces rasied and to be by them. -
Patrick Henry’s “Give Me Liberty or Give Me death” speech
He made to the Second Virginia Convection on March 23,1776. -
Olive Branch Petition
It was adopted by the second continental congress on July 5 to King George on July 8,1775. -
Thomas Paine writes “Common Sense”;
He wanted people to think what going on.He explained people must fight against the unfair and unjust ways of King George lll and British Parliament. -
Declaration of Independence
Statement adopted by the second continental congress meeting at the Pennsylvania state house and on July 4,1776 they annouced that the thirteen american colnies.Then the war with the kindom of Great Britain.
