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Proclamation of 1763
A British issued law that resricted settlement by colonists west of the Applachain Mountains. -
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The Sugar Act
The first seriously enforced law imposed by the British on the colonists. It imposed an import tax on molasses, foreign sugar, and several other items. -
The Stamp Act
A British revenue law that taxed most printed goods such as advertisemnts, diplomas,playing cards,legal documents, and newspapers. -
Quartering Act of 1765
An act issued that stated colonists must provide money to house and supply British troops sent to watch over the colonies. -
StampAct Congress
A convention between the colonies whoese purpose was to agree on a united course of action against the Sugar and Stamp Acts..It as held in New York City and is the first step of unification between the colonies against Britan. -
Declaratory Act of 1766
A llittle notcied law that formally allowed England to make laws in America. -
Townshend Act of 1767
An act that taxed ordinary itmes. These included: tea, lead, glass, and dyes for paint. This act also revived "writs of assistance", or specaisl search warrents that werre much more general about what could be searched to enforce this act, thus giving officers more power. -
Boston Massacre
An incident where British soldiers shot at a crowd of Bostonians who were heckling them by throwing snowballs, rocks, oyster shells, and bits of coal at the officers.
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The Tea Act of 1773
This act was passed to help a British tea company, The East India Company, flourish once again. It allowed the company to not pay some of its dues, and it alos permitted it to sell direclty to American people. -
Boston Tea Party
A rebellion staged by the Sons of Liberty. They dressed up as Indians and raided tea ships docked at Boston Harbor. They dumped 342 chests of tea into the waer. -
Quebec Act of 1774
It extended Quebec's boundaries into claimed land by Conneticuit, Massachusetts, and Virginia that lied south of the Ohio Rier. -
First Continental Congress
A convention of all of the colonies, except Georgia, in Philadelphia that allowed people to discuss their fears and consider their options about what to do regarding Britans taxes. They vowed to meet again in May 1775 if their demands of "free and exclusive power of legislation in their several provicincia legislatures"l were not met. They also boycotted all trade with Great Britan. -
Coercive Acts of 1774
A group of four laws made to punish Boston and strengthen British control in all of the colonies. The colonists called theses laws the Intolerable Acts. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
About 750 British troops left Boston to sieze military supply in Concord, Massachusetts. They encountered Patriots, or independence hungry colonists, and drew the first blood in battle. At Concord, the Patriots were defeated, but they retreated and joined up with other malitiamen and surprise attacked the British at Lexington as they marched back to Boston. -
Second Continental Congress
A second convention held in Philadelphia about dealing with the British. By the end of the convention, the colonies had established a Continental Army to defned American liberty, and chose George Washington as its commander. -
Olive Branch Petition
A final plea developed at the Second Continental Cogress that stated the colonists loyalty to the king and asked him to help end the conflict. -
Declaration of Independence
A formal document that declared the colonies a seperate, united nation from England. The Declaration was was drafted by Thomas Jefferson among four others that worked on it starting June 11, 1776. It was presented to the Congress on th 28th. The first signings of it were on July 4, 1776, and on that day, America became an independent nation.
