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navigation acts
The Navigation Acts were laws passed by England maintain control over colonial trade. The acts made colonist buy English goods and limited trade between the colonies and other countries. -
Treaty of Paris
The document that ended the war between the British and the French that was fought over the Ohio River Valley. This treaty ended French power in North American and expanded British territory. -
Proclamation Line
This was so Colonist couldn't settle west. it was important to keep Natives and Colonists from fighting. -
sugar act
it required the colonists to pay 6 pence tax on molasses, sugar, coffee, wines, ect.... it was used to have people pay more. -
writs of assistance
served as general search warrants that did not expire, allowing customs officials to search anywhere for smuggled goods without having to obtain a specific warrant. it was a free pass -
quartering act
required the colonies to house British soldiers in barracks provided by the colonies. -
stamp act
the British wernt making enough money to pay for the war so they made an act where you had to buy stamps1765 and put a stamp on every piece of legal paper work. -
stamp act congress
a meeting held in new York city consisting of representatives from some of the British colonies in North America -
declaratory act
the British saw how the colonists acted towards the stamp act. they repeal it but the same year they make another law. -
Townshend acts
a series of British Acts of Parliament passed during 1767 and 1768 and relating to the British American colonies in North America -
Boston massacre
it was an incident which British Army soldiers shot and killed five people while under attack by a mob -
tea act
it was to reduce the massive amount of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company in its London warehouses and to help the financially struggling company survive1773 -
boston tea party
was a political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts -
coercive acts
it was a series of acts put on the colonists after the Boston tea party happened. -
first continental congress
a meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies who met at Carpenters Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution. they voted to ban all trade with the British until intolerable acts were repealed. -
olive branch petition
the colonists sent the king a letter they said even though we fought twice there can still be peace, but the king rejected it. -
battles of Lexington and concord
they meet in Philadelphia except for Georgia and vote to ban trade with the British until the intolerable act is repealed. then Paul revere and William dawes did there job of signaling to Charleston if the British were coming on land or sea. they got warned, minutemen where ready. the British go and destroyed the militia. -
second continental congress
meets in Philadelphia agreed to make Washington the general of the official army. they authorized printing of money to pay soldiers. -
battle of bunker hill
the minutemen take a hill outside, they alarmed the British attack with 2,200 soldiers. they unleashed a huge amount of fire at one time. the colonists knew they they were gonna lose because they didn't have a lot of ammo. -
common scene
it was an article that Thomas Paine wrote to have people be on the colonists side. -
declaration of independence
its a documentary that was written to give Britain the writes of independence.