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Proclamation of 1763
The British were not allowed to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains. -
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Before the American Revolution
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Sugar Act
It was a law passed by Great Britain's Parliament imposing taxes on molasses, sugars, and other goods of a sort imported by the colonies. -
Quartering Act
It was a law enacted by Parliament that required colonists to provide shelter and necessities for British troops. -
Stamp Act Congress
It was delegates from nine colonies who met in New York City to discuss the unfairness of the Stamp Act and to argue Parliament's right to tax the colonies. -
Stamp Act
It was a law passed by the British Parliament that placed a tax on printed matter such as newspapers and playing cards. -
Declaratory Act
It was a law passed by British Parliament that inforced its right to make laws for the American colonies. -
Townshend Act
It was a law passed by British Parliament putting chores on specific items imported by the colonists. -
Boston Massacre
The event was an incident where British soldiers fired arms into a group of gathered colonists and killed multiple people. -
Tea Act
It was a law passed by the British Parliament that allowed the British East India Company to not pay for certain duties and it allowed them to sell tea directly to American agents. This all resulted in a fall in colonial tea prices. -
Boston Tea Party
It was a protest against the Tea Act where some colonists secretly boarded British tea ships and poured hundreds of tea chests into the boston harbor. -
Coercive Acts
Also known as the Intolerable Acts to colonists, these four laws were passed by British Parliament to punish colonists for the Boston Tea Party and to gaina firmer grip on the colonies. -
Quebec Act
The act moved Quebec's boundary to the Ohio River and gave religious freedom to French Roman Catholics. -
1st Continental Congress
It was a meeting of colonial delegates that discussed their complaints against British Parliament. -
Battles of Lexington/Concord
The battle was the first combat in the Revolutionary War. -
2nd Continental Congress
It was the second meeting of the colonists in Philadelphia discussing the Battle of Lexington and Concord. -
Olive Branch Petition
It was a rejected peace request sent by the 2nd Continental Congress to King George III. -
Declaration of Independence
The writing stated that the 2nd Continental Congress officially declared the new United States of America to be free of Great Britain.
