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Navigation Acts
only english ships used for trade in British empire -
Proclamation of 1763
no colony west of appalachian mountains -
Sugar act
tax on all sugar imported -
Stamp act
required use of stamps on all legal documents -
Stamp Act Congress
Held in New York City -
Boston Tea Party
colonists dressed as Mohawk Indians dumped almost 350 chests of Brithish tea into the Boston Harbor as a gesture of tax protest. -
1st Continental congress
in response to the Intolerable Acts Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, and New York proposed that a colonial congress be held. -
Coercive Acts (intolerable Acts)
they closed the harbor and placed the government of Boston under direct British control. -
Lexington and Concord Battles
the first battles of the american Revolution. -
2nd Continental Congress
assumed the powers of a central government. -
Resolution of Independence mtroduced
The first necessary steps to establish the now nation. -
declaration of Independence adopted
soon after Richard henry Lee proposed the Resolution of Independence, Thomas Jefferson a tall redheaded Virginia planter, ence.
