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Proclamation
The proclamation was issued by King George III following Great Britains acquisition of French territory in North America. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris ended the French and Indian war. It also ended the war between Great Briton and France that lasted 7 years. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was a revenue raising act passed by the parliament of Great Britain. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was the first internal tax levied directly on American colonists by the British government. -
Quartering Act
This is a name given to a minimum of two Acts of British Parliament in the local governments of the American colonies to provide the British soldiers with any needed accommodations and housing. -
Stamp Act Congress
This was a meeting held between October 7 and 25, 1765 in New York City. -
Declaratory Act
It stated that the British Parliament's taxing authority was the same in America as in Great Britain. -
Stamp Act Replied
This is when they replied the Stamp Act. -
Townshend Act
This was a series of British acts relating to the British American colonies in North America. -
Boston Massacre
American colonists gathered at the Customs House in Boston and began taunting the British soldiers guarding the building. -
Committee of Correspondence
This rallied colonial opposition against British policy and established a political union among the Thirteen Colonies. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts. -
Tea Act
The Tea act was to reduce all the tea that the British East Indian Company had. -
First Continental Congress
This was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies. -
Intolerable Acts
These were harsh laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774. -
Lexington Concord
The Lexington and Concord was the first military engagement of the American Revolutionary War. -
Appeal to Reason Reject
They treated men sailors as men with minds. -
Bunker Hill
This battle was fought during the Siege of Boston in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War. -
Declaration of Rights and Grievances
This declared that taxes imposed on British colonists without their formal consent were unconstitutional. -
Common Sense
This is a pamphlet that was written by Thomas Paine that sold many copies. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was a meeting held at Pennsylvania State House. There were 13 colonies that met together.