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Battles of America
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Treaty of Paris (1)
The Treaty of Paris was signed on September 3, 1783 which brought the Revolutionary War to an end. -
Proclamation of 1763
The british issued a proclamation mainly intended to check the Indian's enroachment of settlers owned land. -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act is made up of two acts to make sure that the british soldiers get what they need, while they're living in the colonists houses. -
Townshend Act
The Townshend act was named after a british treasurer named Charles Townshend. The Townshend Act was a series of acts passed in 1776 which taxed the colonists on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea imported into the colonies. That mad the coloniss mad because it made them pay taxes on everything from the british. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was the killing of five colonists by british regulars on March 5, 1770. It was the culmination and tension's in the American colonies ever since Royal troops first rrived in Massachusetts. The british soldiers shot the colonists because they were throwing snowballs that had rocks in them and one of the british soldiers were hit. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act was established on May 10 1773. The objective of the Tea Act was to reduce the massive surplus of tea. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was initally refered to by John Adams as "the Descrution of Tea in Boston" which was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty of Boston, on December 16, 1773. The Americans were mad about getting taxed for the tea they bought and drank so they dressed up as indians and dumped the tea in to the Boston harbor. -
Stamp Act
The stamp act took place in the year of 1756. The Stamp Act was a parliment that made all colonists put a stmp on any piece of legal documents that they use.Do to all the colonists protesting they forced the british to repeal the act in 1766. -
Olive Branch Petition
The Olive Branch Petition was drafted on July 5, 1775 which was a letter to King Goerge lll from the Second Continental Congress to try and avoid war. -
Common Sense Document
On January 9, 1776 Thomas Paine published a pamphlet called "Common Sense" which exspressed how he was feeling about our American independence. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was established on July 4, 1776. The Declaration of Independence declared that the thirteen American colonies are free from Great Britian. -
Treaty of Paris (2)
The second Treaty of Paris was signed on November 20, 1815. The second Treaty of Paris was following the defeat and second abdication of Neapoleon Bonaparte.
