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Proclamation of 1763
It stated that no one could settle in the West of the Appalachian mountains. The colonists listened for a bit but when it started to get crowded they all moved -
Sugar act
Paid by wealthy merchants
An indirect tax on sugar and molasses. The colonists hated it they still continued to smuggle molassses they didn’t pay any mind to it being enforced they also got it repealed -
Stamp act
It was paid by all the people rich , and the poor. Meant it has tax on paper items. Ex: newspaper, cards, documents . Colonists boycotted it and started riots also attacks on the tax collectors -
Boston massacre
Five colonists died. It was a big miscommunication between the colonists and the soldiers. Colonists we’re outraged and blamed everything on the British soldiers. -
Boston tea party
Colonists poured 343 boxes of tea into the Boston harbor. It began as a protest by the sons of liberty against British parliament taxes on tea “ no taxation without representation” -
1st continental congress
As a result to the intolerable act 12 out of 13 colonies sent out delegates. It was the first time the colonies united as a united government -
Lexington and Concord
General Gage sent his troops to concord to collect all illegal weapons. It was the “shot heard around the world”. Colonists lost lots of minutemen -
Battle of Bunker Hill (aka Breed’s Hill)
America runs out of ammo. Victory for the Americans -
Common sense
Listed all the greivances against the king. It was written by Thomas Paine. Helped colonists declare independence from England -
Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson wrote it. Took 5 people to write it. It summarized the colonists intentions of seeking independence -
Treaty of Alliance
Ben Franklin and aurthur lee agreed that neither France or the United States would agree to separate the peace with Great Britain -
Treaty of Paris
It was signed by both Great Britain and America. America expands from the Atlantic Ocean to Mississippi River. Britain finally leaves from the northwest
