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Proclamation of 1763
Prevents colonists from settling land between Appalacian Mountains and the Mississippi River -
Quartering Act
Colonists had to feed and share shelter with the British soldiers -
Stamp Act
Charged a tax on every piece of printed paper they used -
Boston Massacre
Riots protesting against red-coats. British soldiers shot back, 5 colonists died. The patriots used this to gain support. -
Tea Act
England tried to take control of the tea industry in the colonies and getting colonists used to buying taxed tea by offering it cheap -
Boston Tea Party
An act of rebellion against the king, members of the Sons of Liberty boarded the ships and threw the tea into the harbor -
Intolerable Acts
laws passed by the king to punish colonists, teach them a lesson, and repay the damaged tea. -
Revolutionary War begins
War begins
