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Proclamation of 1763
Banned colonists from expanding into the lands west of the mississippi river to protect native lands. -
Stamp Act
Required that all official papers have a purchased stamp on them. -
Quartering Act
Forced Massachussettes colonists to house British soldiers after the French and Indian war -
Townsend Act
Imposed taxes on many goods essential to the function of the colonies. -
Boston Massacre
British troops fired apon a crowd of rowdy Colonists, killing five. -
Boston Tea Party
Colonists discuised as native americans threw a large shipment of British tea into the Boston Harbor in protest if unfair British taxes. -
Intolerable Acts
A series of acts passed by parliment that massachussettes colonists used to fuel patriotic sentiments. -
First Continental Congress
Representives fromeach colony met in Philedlphia to discuss what to do about British over exertion of power and draft the Declaration of Rights. -
Lexington and Concord
Colonial minutemen met the British troops sent to sieze colonial weapon stores at Lexington and fought. The British won and moved on to Concord, where the colonists were less prepared. Often marked as the start of the American Revolution. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
Colonists lost to the British, but inflicted heavy casualties which raised moral among Patriots. -
Battle of Saratoga
Americans beat the British, marking a crucial turning point in the war. -
Battle of Yorktown
Genral Cornwallis surendered to George Washington, ending the American Revolution. -
Treaty of Paris
British and Americans signed the finaly treaty to end the American Revolution and grant the colonies independence.
