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American Idependence

By maxt

  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763
    Prohibited settlement beyond the Appalachian Mountains. Britain did not intend to harm the colonists, colonists took offense at this order.

  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act
    This act raised revenue by increasing duties on sugar imported from the West Indies

  • Currency Act

    Currency Act
    Parliament argued that colonial currency had caused a devaluation harmful to British trade

  • Quartering Act

    Quartering Act
    Britain ordered that colonists were to house and feed British soldiers if necessary.

  • Townshend Acts

    Townshend Acts
    Taxes imposed to help make the colonial officials independent of the colonists and included duties on glass, paper, and tea.

  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    Colonists and British soldiers openly clashed in Boston

  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    A group of colonists disguised as Indians dumped tea overboard from three ships in Boston Harbor

  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts
    These were passed in response to the Boston Tea Party and placed restrictions on the colonists

  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress
    In response to the Intolerable Acts, 12 of the 13 colonies met in Philadelphia from September-October, 1774

  • Bunker Hill

    Bunker Hill
    This major victory for the Colonists resulted in George III proclaiming the colonies in rebellion