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navigation acts
the navigation acts were laws passed by England to maintain control over Colonys. the acts made colonist buy English goods making England rich -
Writs of Assistance
it was a way for any of the British soldiers to search anyone who they thought were smuggling. -
treaty of Paris
it ended the french and Indian war and ran the french out of america. it left Spain and British in america leaving them to fight with each other and Indians -
sugar act
the British pass a tax on sugar for three pence they enforce it strictly harsh punishments for smugglers. -
Sugar Act
they made the sugar act to unfairly tax people for sugar so the British can get more money. -
stamp act
the British make a tax on stamps so every piece of legal paper needs a stamp even things like playing cards. -
Quartering Act
the colonist had to provide the British soldiers with food and allow them to live in there homes. -
Stamp Act Congress
the first congress of america of representatives of each colony that were elected. -
Declaratory Act
it stated that the British had as much authority to tax america as in great Britain. -
townshend acts
it was the taxes on tea,lead,glass, and paper and led to a few riots against them. -
Boston massacre
a mob of people were yelling and throwing things at guards protecting a British custom location at some point the British opened fire killing five people. -
tea act
the act that taxed the colony's tea and caused the final spark on the revolutionary war. -
Boston tea party
the protest on tea were they throw the tea into the harbor to prove a point to the British. -
Coersive Acts
they were meant to punish the colonies for the Boston tea party but only made more unrest. -
first continental congress
all the colonies meet in Philadelphia except for Georgia. they agreed to ban all trade with Britain. -
battles of Lexington and concord
the first shot was in Lexington but no one knows who shot first 8 colonist died. in concord British destroy all military weapons but 4000 colonist show up. 95 colonist die 273 British. -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the colonies they meant and discussed how defend against the British. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
it was the battle at the bunker fort on a hill were the general said don't shoot until you see the whites of there eyes -
Olive Branch Petition
it was the last time the colonies tried to prevent a war but was rejected from the king because the king thought he would win the war. -
common sense
it was a article wrote by Thomas Paine talking about independence to the people to persuade people to stick with the idea and support the revolution.