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proclamation of 1763
After the Frensh and Indian war, this proclamation cut off all colonial movement westward. -
Sugar act
A taxation on things like sugar and molasses that George Grenville believed would stop smuggling. -
Quartering act
Reqired citizens to provide necessities for soldiers, they had to feed and provide the soldiers with shelter. -
stamp act
Required citezens to pay a tax on certain items including paper. -
Townshend acts
A tax on paper, lead, glass, and tea(all of witch were necessities
for the colonists),but they responded with more boycotting. -
writs of assistance
A search warrent that allowed soldiers and officers to search your property at any given time -
Boston Massacre
An upraor between British soldiers or ,"red backs" and the American colonists. -
Tea act
A taxation that repealed all other towshend act exept for tea. -
Boston Tea Party
A protest in witch the sons of liberty threw 342 chests of tea overboard a ship. -
intolerable acts
Harsh laws passed by the British after the Boston tea party.( and the date I used was when they were passed not when they became active, that was june 2,1774) -
First continental congress
meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies. -
Battle at Lexington, and Concord
These battles were the first military envolvments in the American Revolutionary War. -
2nd continental congress
Delegates from the thirteen colonies that met in the summer of1775,they were discussing topics more closley related to independence. -
Fort Ticonderoga
When Ethan allen and Benidict Arnold joined forces and deafeted the fort. -
Declaration of independence
A docuent that announced the 13 colonies as their own independent states, and that they were no longer ruled by Britain.
