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Proclamation Line of 1763
The Seven Years' War was fought because American colonists were crossing over the Appalachians and going into French territory. After 9 years of fighting, the Treaty of Paris was signed. The treaty stated that the American colonists would stay east of the Mississippi, and the French would stay west of the Mississippi. The border between the two territories was the proclamation line.
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Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was created to fix the Molasses Act. The Molasses Act was a high tax on molasses, but because of corruption, there were almost no taxes being paid. The Sugar Act remedied that by strictly enforcing the tax. The rum trade dropped sharply because of this.
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/sugaract.html
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Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was a tax on every piece of printed paper. Papers such as legal documents, licenses, newspapers, and even playing cards were taxed.The problem with this tax was that the revenue for this tax was simply used to station 10,000 unneeded soldiers along the Appalachian Mountains. The Stamp Act was one of the reasons for the Revolutionary War.
http://www.history.org/history/teaching/tchcrsta.cfm
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Quartering Act
After the Seven Years' War, there were many British soldiers in America, but almost no colonists provided lodging for them. Lieutenant General Thomas Gage asked the Parliament to do something about this, and they passed the Quartering Act. They brought over 1500 British soldiers to America; they were supposed to live in houses and inns. All states except Pennsylvania refused the act.
https://www.bostonteapartyship.com/the-quartering-act
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Sons of Liberty
Leading to the American Revolution, a great number of men became extremely angry. They terrorized people that were still faithful to the crown. Some lawmen joined together to discuss how they could oppose the crown. These men made sure that demonstrations in Boston never went too far. This group was the Loyal Nine. Eventually, they turned into the Sons of Liberty.
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Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts were acts that limited the colonies freedom. The first act restricted New York's trade until it followed the Quartering Act. The second act was to build revenue for Britain, by taxing lead, paper, paint, glass, and tea at colonial ports. The third act led to stricter customs searches on boats so that boats couldn't skip their taxes. The last act allowed tea exported from Britain to the colonies to be tax-free.
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Boston Massacre
After the Townshend Acts were put into place, the colonists didn't think that they were fair, so they started to protest. British soldiers were brought to keep order. With British soldiers on the scene, more colonists started to protest. Eventually, an object thrown from the colonists hit a British soldier, and the soldier fired into the crowd. Soon other soldiers started firing. 5 colonists died in total.
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Commitees of Correspondence
Committees of Correspondence are groups appointed by the legislation to provide colonial leadership and intercolonial cooperation. Samuel Adams came up with the idea, in November of '72. By March of '73, Virgina had an eleven-member committee. By the end of the year, eight other states had committees.
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Tea Act
This act gave a monopoly on tea to the East Indian Company because they weren't doing so well. This meant that the colonists had to buy tea from the East Indian Company. The colonists saw this as taxation without representation. They had to buy the tea, at a much higher price.
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Boston Tea Party
The British government had exhausted their funds. They put many taxes to build back revenue, such as the Tea Act. The tea was cheaper, but the colonists were forced to buy tea from that company. Colonists protested by not allowing ships to drop off their cargo and making them leave. One time in Boston, the ships wouldn't leave, so colonists dressed like Indians stormed the ships and dumped the tea.
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/teaparty.htm
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Coersive/Intolerable Acts
After the Boston Tea Party, the Parliament was enraged. The destruction of 342 chests of tea, made them pass the Coercive Acts. This allowed nothing but food and firewood to get into Boston's ports. Another act changed the governor of Massachusets. A third act was created to protect British soldiers from the legal system, by trying them in England. The Quebec Act was an act that gave land to Canada and made the Roman Catholic Church Quebec's church.
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1st Continental Congress
After Boston was isolated, the other colonies came together to try to help Boston. Everyone agreed to avoid British exports, and eventually, they agreed to stop exporting to Britain after a year. On October 17, the Congress issued the Declaration of Colonial Rights and Grievances. This stated that the Intolerable Acts was an attack on the colonies.
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-us-history/period-3/apush-the-american-revolution/a/the-intolerable-acts-and-the-first-continental-congress -
Edenton Tea Party
The Edenton Tea Party was a boycott against English tea and cloth. The special thing about this boycott was that women were signing a document stating they were being patriots and that they were happy by helping their country. These women were ridiculed in England. There was even a political cartoon against them in a London newspaper.
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2nd Continental Congress
The date for this congress was set in the last Congress. By this time the battles at Lexington and Concord had already occurred. They didn't wigh to fight, but they planned on it. The Congress met throughout the Revolutionary War. They decided when and where they should attack the British. They also helped build up the army and the economt of America.
http://www.hobart.k12.in.us/gemedia/amrev/revwar/2cont.htm
http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/the-continental-congress
