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Navigation Act
Regulate colonial trade with and establish English collect duties. -
Proclamation of 1763
England promitted the colonist to move west after the French and Indian War was over -
Sugar Act
England created a tax on tea and molasses because they lost a lot of money from the war. The colonist got extremely mad. -
Stamp Act
England put taxes on every legal document or printed paper. You had to have a government stamp to own the paper. -
Quartering Acts
They made colonists host the British soldiers in their homes and supply them with the resources that they needed to survive. -
Sons/Daughters of Liberty
A protest group group that helped boycott tall of the taxes. -
Thomas Pain's Common Sense
Common Sense challenged the authority of the British government and the royal monarchy. -
Declaratory Acts
This declared that the taxes in the Americas had to be the same as the taxes in Great Britain. -
Townshend Act
England put taxes on glass, paper, paint, and, tea -
Boston Massacre
A group of drunk citizens threw rocks and dirt at the British soldiers and the soldiers took a shot causing 5 people die. -
Committees of Correspondence
It was a network of communication for passing along news of British activity. This took a very long time. -
The Tea Act
The colonist had to pay for the tea and they we not happy. They didn't want the parliament to give one country the power to sell. -
Boston Tea Party
The colonists dressed as Indians and threw tea off of the English ships. They were made about the taxes. -
Intolerable Acts
England was determine to show the colonist who was boss. You were not allowed to have trial in your own town. You had to come back to England. -
French and Indian War
British and French built colonies in North America. They fought over the land and traded with the Native Americans. The British won. -
First Continental Congress
The sons of liberty set up a community and prepared to attack the colonist. Paul Revere was the first to warn the colonist. -
Shot heard Around the World
Paul Revere woke up and warned the colonist that the regulars were coming. He woke up enough minute men that they were ready to fight. -
Battle of Lexington and Concod
One night, hundreds of British soldiers marched to Boston. Paul Revere signaled all of the minute men to fight and they were ready to fight. Colonist one the battle. -
Battle on Bunker Hill
British won but it took them three groups of reinforcement. Colonist began to throw rocks because they ran out of ammunition. -
Second Continental Congress
George Washington chose to build an army and build the Olive branch Petition. It was unsuccessful.
