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French and Indian war
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Proclamation Of 1763
After the French and Indian war, the British won all French territory east of the Mississippi River and Canada. King George III issued the Proclamation of 1763, which stated that the Crown directly controlled all land west of the Appalachian Mountains -
Sugar Act
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Stamp Act
The Stamp Act required that the colonists use stamped paper for newspapers, legal documents, diplomas, and other paper products -
Quartering Act
This law made it mandatory for colonists to pay for some needs by soldiers in their borders -
Townshend act
The Revenue Act taxed common goods in the colonies such as glass, paint, lead, paper, and tea that were imported from Great Britain -
Boston Massacre
A group of citizens in Boston gather to protest a British soldier's mistreatment of an apprentice trying to collect a debt. A mob forms, and the soldiers fire into it, leading to the deaths of 5 people. The event is sensationalized, heighening colonial tensions with Great Britain. -
Tea act
The Tea Act eliminated importing duties on British tea and allowed the East India Company to sell directly to consumers -
Boston tea party
The Boston Tea Party was a political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, -
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Intolerable Acts
Boston Port Bill
- April 1, 1774
- Boston Harbor is shut down in response to the Boston Tea Party
Massachusetts Government Act
- May 20, 1774
- Revoked Massachusetts charter and lessened democratic government in the colony
Administration of Justice Act
- May 20, 1774
- Allowed those convicted of murder while enforcing royal authority to be tried in England or other colonies
Quartering Act
- June 2, 1774
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First Continental Congress
Delegates from the Committees of Correspondence, 55 in all, from all of the colonies except Georgia, gather to discuss the recent actions by Parliament -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. The battles were fought on April 19, 1775 in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy, and Cambridge.