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Patrick Henry's Speech
The name Patrick Henry, during the revolution and for some time after, was synonymous with that word in the minds of colonists and Empire alike. Henry's reputation as a passionate and fiery orator exceeded even that of Samuel Adams. His Stamp Act Resolutions were, arguably, the first shot fired in the Revolutionary War. -
Proclomation of 1763
Was a cause for great celebration in the colonies, for it removed several ominous barriers and opened up a host of new opportunities for the colonists. -
Stamp Act
A act for granting and applying certain stamp duties, and other duties, in the British colonies and plantations in America. -
The Quatering Act
AN ACT to amend and render more effectual, in his Majesty's dominions in America, an act passed in this present session of parliament, intituled, An act for punishing mutiny and desertion, and for the better payment of the army and their quarters. -
The Declaratory Act
AN ACT for the better securing the dependency of his Majesty's dominions in America upon the crown and parliament of Great Britain. -
The Townshend Revenue Act
AN ACT for granting certain duties in the British colonies and plantations in America; for allowing a drawback of the duties of customs upon the exportation from this kingdom, of coffee and cocoa nuts of the produce of the said colonies or plantations; -
The Boston Massacre
This was basically a street fight between a patriot and a mob throwing snowballs, stones -
Boston Tea Party
This idea initially came from John Adams as"The Destruction Of The Tea Party. This act was an act of defiance to the Tea Act.
