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The proclamation (1763)
The Proclamation of 1763 is signed forbidding settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains. This area is to be set aside and governed as Indian territory. -
The currency act
The americans wanted to print their own money but the british said that they can't do that. -
The quartering act
this was basically stating that soldiers could stay in other people's homes free of charge. -
The stamp act
The stamp act was the british taxing the colonists by making them buy stamps that made it to where they could buy the things they needed. So basically no stamp no new playing cards for you and your brother. -
The boston massacre
The boston was not really a massacre. It was the soldiers defending themselves by shooting the civilians that were throwing things and threatening them. -
1771 July
Virginia becomes the last colony to abandon the non-importation pact after the repeal of the Townsend Acts. -
Boston tea party
The boston tea party was a way of getting back at the british to the colonists by throwing millions of dollars worth of tea into the boston harbor. -
The intolerable acts
The intolerable acts were Basically a bunch of acts we put into effect as a way to wage war. -
The first continental congress
The Continental Congress, also known as the Philadelphia Congress, was a convention of delegates called together from the Thirteen Colonies. -
The decoration of independence
The declaration of independence was the 13 colonies declaring their independence from the British.
