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Treaty of Paris
Ending the French and Indian war -
Proclamation of 1763
King George III signs this Proclamation, which will prohibit all settlement west of the Appalachians -
Stamp Act
Act placed a tax on printed items in the colonies -
Declaratory Act
Parliament had the right to tax on anything and made decisions for every colonist “IN ALL CASES.” -
Townshend Acts
This Act applied new taxes on imported goods such as tea, paper, and lead. -
Boston Massacre
British soldiers who killed Crispus Attucks and 5 other colonists. -
Tea Act
This was to keep the British East India Company from going out of business. It also let the company to sell direct to the shopkeepers at a much lower price -
Boston Tea Party
Sam Adams and the Sons of Liberty dressed up as Indians and threw 342 chests of tea overboard. -
Intolerable Acts
This act violated the colonists’ rights. This banned town meetings, forced colonists to keep soldiers in their house, kept food and supplies from being delivered to Boston -
1st Continental Congress
55 delegates met in Philadelphia with Britain to talk about problems. They asked to repeal 13 acts -
Midnight Ride: Revere, Cheswell, Dawes
They warned Samuel Adams, John Hancock and the militiamen that “The British are coming!” -
Lexington and Concord
At Lexington 70 militiamen were there to distract the redcoats from coming to Concord. Meanwhile at Concord they were trying to move all weapons away. -
2nd Continental Congress
The delegates met for the first time declaring independence from Britain
