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Treaty of Paris of 1763
The document that ends the French and Indian war. -
Proclamation of 1763
The document the prohibits settlements west of the Appalachain Mountains. -
Stamp Act
An act, made by Parliment, where everything made of paper was taxed. -
Declaratory Acts
The act that said Parliment had the right to tax and make decisions for all British colonies "IN ALL CASES." Act approved almost directly after Stamp Act repeal. -
Townshend Act
This act taxed colonists on glass, lead, paints. paper & tea. -
Boston Massacre
In Bostona fight broke out between colonists and British Soldiers. 5 colonists were killed. -
Tea Act
The act that kept the British East India Company from going out of business, allowed the company to bypass colonial merchants and sell directly to shopkeepers at a low price, gave the company an advantage over colonial merchants of which made the colonists feel it was another attempt to control them. All of this made colonial merchants call for a new boycott of British goods. -
Boston Tea Party
Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty went on a ship, carrying British Tea, disguised as Indians. Once they got on the ship, they threw the chests of tea overboard. All in all, 342 chests of tea were in the Atlantic Ocean. It was worth up to $2m. -
Intorable Acts
An act that was made in result of the Boston Tea Party. Closed the Boston Harbor, kept food and supplies from being delivered to Boston, banned town meetings, allowed British officers to be tried in other colonies or in Britain when accused of crimes, and forced colonists to house, or quater soldiers in their own homes. Parliment planned to isolate Boston with these acts. -
1st Continental Congress
They first meet in Philidelphia. -
Midnight RIde: Revere, Cheswell, Dawes
Paul Revere, WIlliam Dawes & Wentworth Cheswell rode into the night to warn Samuel Adams, John Hancock & the colonists that "the Bristish were coming" to arrest them. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
A.ka. the 'shot heard around the world.' These Battles were fought as Patriots vs Britsh Soldiers. The Patriots won and thats when the British government and military realized that eliminating the rebellion wouldn't be fast or easy. -
2nd Continental Congress
They convene in Philadelphia.
