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Different King
Dealth of King George the 2nd leads to George the 3rd becoming king.
This is important because the decleration gave us inpendence from King George the 3rd. -
Sugar Act
parlament passes the suger act which raises taxes on items being shipped into the american colonies such as sugar, wine, coffee, dyes and cloth.
This is important because the colonists became more united by opposing this act. -
Quartering Act
This ordered colonists to house and feed British soldiers if there was not enough room for them in the
This is important because it was found so offensive that specific references were made about it in the Declaration of Independence and the American Constitution. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act imposes a tax on paper goods like playing cards, newspapers, books and all legal documents are taxed as well.
This is important because the Stamp Act was Parliament's first serious attempt to assert governmental authority over the colonies. -
Townshend Act
These taxes were created to help colonial officials become independent of the colonists by providing them with a source of income.
Townshend Acts were met with resistance in the colonies, prompting the occupation of Boston by British troops in 1768, which eventually resulted in the Boston Massacre of 1770. -
Boston masacre
When a young apprentice insulted a british soldier, he got angry and a mob began to form;Therefore, when they started fighting more troops came to end the chaos leaving 5 civilians dead. Boston, the capital of the Province of Massachusetts Bay and an important shipping town, was a major center of resistance to unpopular acts of taxation by the British Parliament. -
Boston Tea party
A group of colonists dressed up as Mohawk Indians and dumped hundreds of chests of British Tea into the Boston Harbor. The protest was known as the Boston Tea party. This was important becuase then Parliament passed the Intolerable Acts. I -
Boston Port Act
The Boston Port Act moved the capital to Salem and established Marblehead as the port of entry. Important because It also provided that the port of Boston would remain closed until the tea that had been dumped at the Boston Tea Party was paid for. -
quobec act
The Quebec Act passes Parliament granting Quebec large grants of land that the American Colonists considered theirs for settlement. this is important because it extended the boundaries of the province of Quebec to the Ohio River on the south and to the Mississippi River on the west. -
adopting
On which congress orders the Declarationg of Independence be encrossed on parchment suitible for signing. In Septemper, Richard Henery Lee, Elbridge Gerry and Oliver Wolcott signed the Declaration. In November, Matthew Thornton signs the Declaration.
