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Navigation acts
these acts were acts were made to regulate and enable England to collect taxes colonist did not like this they protested. -
French and Indian war
a series of military engagements between french and Britain. they sent more troops in. -
proclamation of 1763
It made it so colonist could not settle to the west and it mad the colonist mad because they just fought for the land -
sugar act
Molasses and sugar was taxed and the colonist started to smuggle sugar and molasses -
stamp act
A tax on all documents and papers. they sent stamp agents to collect the taxes. the colonist protest and wanted to kill the stamp agents. -
quartering act
this act is where the colonist had to give there house up to the soldiers and the colonist refused to give there house up. -
declaratory act
they replaced the stamp act and put the tax on tea and the colonist protested and was afraid that they would make more acts. -
townshend act
the townshed act put a tax on paper, glass, tea, lead, and paints. the colonist boycotted the items. -
Boston massacre
British Army soldiers killed five male civilians and injured six others. they went to war because of this. -
Committees of corresponding
It was a network of communication for passing along time. the colonist made there own committees -
Tea act
the tea act is where you can only have a small amount of tea and it only helped one company. the Boston tea party happened because of this. -
Boston tea party
colonist dressed up and threw tea into the Boston harbor. they closed all the trading docks. -
intolerably act
Boston port was closed, limited town meetings, trials in Britain. they protested because only a certain group threw the in the harbor -
First Continental congress
members were elected for it and because of this boycott was approved. -
second continental congress
George Washington was chose to rule it. petition was sent to the king. they went to war because they denied it. -
Battle of bunker hill
colonist fought British at bunker hill. British won but not without a fight. the British were surprised about the attack. -
battle of Lexington concord
i was the first shot that america revolted. it was accidentally shot. they went to war because of this. -
Thomas Paine's common sense
I was a book that Thomas paines published about wanting independence