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Albany Plan of Union
-proposed by Benjamin Franklin
-colonies unite under one government/ group
-the power they would have when united, levy taxes, military, treaties with natives, and settle new land
-Rejected by the colonial legislatures because of their fear of a central power
-Benjamin Franklin draws first political cartoon -
The Treaty of Paris
-Official peace treaty between the United States and Britain
-Ended the American Revolutionary War
it was signed on February 10, 1763
-New France east of Mississippi river to Britain
-New France west of Mississippi river to Spain
-Britain and Spain trade Cuba to Florida -
Sugar Act
-attempted to curb the smuggling of sugar and molasses in the colonies
-reducing previous tax rate and enforcing the collection of duties
-indirect tax(added into cost of sugar)
-British officers can search ship whenever they want to see if you are smuggling -
Stamp Act
-Tax of all paper and printed goods
-Direct tax
-Colonist felt that rights were violated
-Met with colonial resistance
-representatives from every colony meets in Virginia
- outlines how to get Britain to change their mind
-Sons of liberty
-Daughters of Liberty
-Starts to boycott taxed goods -
Quartering Act
-Requires that Americans must house and feed British soldiers in the colonies
-The colonist thought this was violating their right to property
-Additional tax because of the coat of food -
Townshend Act
-Repeal stamp act
-Tax on glass, paint, tea, ect.
-Purpose was to use the money to finance troops in colonies
-Replaced after 4 years -
Tea Act
-High tax on tea
-British East India Company was in danger of bankruptcy because of competition and poor investments
-Sons of liberty meet to react(cause of the Boston Tea Party) -
Boston Tea Party
-Response to the Tea act
-colonist dressed as Mohawk Indians and threw tea out of British ships in the harbor
-damage was roughly $1-3 million dollars -
Intolerable Act
-British shut down all of Bostons ports to foreign trade
-The colonist couldn't have a self government anymore
-Any soldier that commits a capital crime gets to go back to England and get a fair trial
-Station soldiers in own houses
-British gave land to Quebec that they had fought for -
2nd Continental Congress
-Not all colonist believed in independence
-New faces arrived like Franklin, Hancock, and Jefferson
-John Dickinson urges a petition
-John Adams urges Independence
-Battle of Bunker Hill was between Radicals and Moderates in Congress
-Olive Branch Petition was to cease fire in Boston, and for King George to repeal acts and define colonial rights
-Olive Branch Petition was shot down by King George