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prclamation
It closed off the frontier to the colonial expansion,it also calmed the indian's fears of the colonists driving them out of the land and it defined 4 new colonies. -
sugar act
Great britian put a three cent on refined sugar,coffee, indigo and wine without the colonist consent. -
stamp act
This was the first direct britsh tax. Each newspaper,panphlet and other legal and public doucument needed a stamp. the colonist did not understand because stamps used to be free. The act was repealed in march of 1776. -
quartering act
It stated that british troops must be housed in barracks and public homes. It was indirect form of taxing becuase they had to give the soldiers quarters,food and transportation -
Stamp act congress
It was a group of people that voiced their objection;s about the stamp act by defying parliment. it was a unified resistance that even british merchants joined becuase it was affecting them. -
declaratory act
It stated that parliment had full power and authority -
townshend acts
taxes on glass,lead,paints, paper and tea. Eventuallly it was all repealed except tea -
Boston massacure
There were silent protest and enforced writs of assistance. the tension grew and colonist fought the British. by accident a gun went off and it became an open fire -
tea act
It was the monopy on tea sales. It lowered money on the East India tea. -
boston tea party
The colonist were angry and frustrated about the tea. the sons of liberty dressed up like indians and boarded three ships. they dumped 342 crates of tea in the harbor -
coercive acts
It was to restore order in massachutes. They closed the Boston Port until colonist pay back the tea. -
quebec act
They established a government and expanded. -
1st continental congress
met in the carpenter's hall in philadelphia. There were delegets from 12 of the colonies -
battles of Lexington
It was the first shots of the war in the town of concord. They knew the British plans and sent paul Revre out to go see. Revre rode back out to Lexington to warn the colonies. When britian got there the "minute men" were out numered. -
2nd continental congress
Delegets came from all the colonies and it started the battle of Lexington -
olive branch petition
Adopted by the 2nd continental congress and it was a letter of reconciliation to king george. -
Declaration of Independence
proclamation made by american continental congress. It asserted freedom for the 13 colonies from britian.
