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French and Indian War
England and colonies against France with Indians. England wins control over France's territory in new world
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Proclamation of 1763
Ended French and Indian war. Colonists may not expand past Appalachian Mtns.
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Sugar Act
Attempted to curb the smuggling of sugar and molasses by reducing the rate of tax from six pence to three pence per gallon.
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Stamp Act
Passed by Britain required Americans to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used
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Quartering Act
Must house soldiers (led to third amendment)
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Townshend Act
New taxes on paper, paint, cloth, glass, etc
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Boston Massacre
British soldiers shot and killed five people while being harassed by a mob in Boston.
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Tea Act
The law gave the Parliament of Great Britain the right to directly ship its tea to North America and the right to the duty-free export of tea from Britain.
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Boston Tea Party
The colonists dressed up as Indians and dumped a bunch of tea in the water because they were being taxed on it.
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Coercive Acts
Five laws by the British government with the purpose of restoring authority in its colonies, first four were for Boston Tea Party.
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First Continental Congress
protest Intolerable Acts – form Committees of Correspondence
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Shot Heard Around the World
Refers to the opening shot of the Battle of Concord in 1775, which began the American Revolution
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Second Continental Congress
Founded when the British failed to address the grievances of the First Continental Congress and to organize a Continental Army to fight.
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Common Sense
Advocated independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies.
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Declaration of Independence
Official act taken by all 13 American colonies in declaring independence from British rule.
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