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Elements of the Revolutionary war
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Navigation Act
laws that didn’t allow foreign ships to trade with Britain and the colonies. -
Proclamation of 1763
An acquisition in North America after the French Indian war which made a forbidden line for settlements to pass across the Appalachian mountains. -
Sugar Act
Act that was passed that made the colonial merchants to pay a tax. -
Stamp Act
An act of the British parliament that obtained income from the colonies by imposing a stamp on documents. -
Quartering Act
two acts that allow the British soldiers with any needed accommodations or housing will be provided by the colonies. -
Townshend Act
Series of acts passed the British Parliament relating Britain to the colonies. -
Boston Massacare
A street fight between the patriot mob armed with snowballs, stones ,and sticks and a squad of British solders. Several colonist were killed leading to a campaign against the British soldiers. -
Boston Tea Party
A political protest by the sons of liberty against Britain's tea act in America. -
Intalerable Act
Series of punitive laws created by the American Patriots and passed by the British parliament, it was meant to punish the Massachusetts colonist for throwing a tea shipment it Boston harbor. -
Lexington and Concord
The first military Engagements of the Revolutionary war between the British soldiers and the American Patriots.
