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Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 banned all Colonial settlement west of the Appalachians. Colonist didn't listen and continued to move west onto the Native Americans lands. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was an indirect tax on sugar and molasses. It halved the duty on foreign-made molasses. It placed duties om certain imports. It strengthened the enforcement of the law allowing prosecutors to try smuggling cases. Colonist was not happy with this tax being enforced. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act required colonists to purchase special stamped paper for every legal document, license, newspaper, pamphlet, almanac, playing cards, and dice. Colonist were not happy at all with this. -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act allowed British commanders to house soldiers in vacant private homes and other buildings. The colonist was very unhappy about random people staying in their homes. -
Repeal of Stamp Act
The Repeal of Stamp Act was when there was a wide spread boycott to get the Stamp Act repealed. The colonist was very happy about this. -
Townshend Act/Duties
The Townshend Act was indirect taxes on imported materials. This also imposed a three-penny tax on tea. The colonist reacted with rage and well-organized resistance. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was when British troops stationed in Boston are taunted by an angry mob. The troops fired into the crowd, killing five colonist. Colonial agitators label the conflict a massacre and publish dramatic engraving depicting the violence. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act granted the East India Company the right to sell tea to the colonies free of the taxes that the colonial tea sellers had to pay. The colonist reacted by dumping 18,000 pounds of the East India Company's tea into the waters of Boston Harbor, this is known as the Boston Tea Party. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts is when King George tightens control over Massachusetts by closing Boston Harbor and quartering troops. Colonial leaders form the First Continental Congress and draw up a declaration of colonial rights. -
Lexington and Concord
Lexington and Concord was when General Gage ordered troops to march to Concord, Massachusetts, and seize colonial weapons. Minutemen intercept the British and engage in battle. First at Lexington, and then at Concord. -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill was when General Gage decided to strike at militiamen who had dug in on Breed's Hill. The colonist held fire until the last minute, then began to shoot down the advancing redcoats. The surviving British made a second attack. The third assault succeeded, but only because the militiamen ran low on ammunition. -
Olive Branch Petition
The Olive Branch Petition is what the Congress sent the king, urging a return to "the former harmony" between Britain and the colonies.The kin rejected the petition, he issued a proclamation stating that the colonies were under rebellion and urged Parliament to order a naval blockade of the American coast. -
Common Sense
Common Sense was a 50 page pamphlet written by Thomas Paine. He attacked King George III, he explained that his own revolt against the king had begun with Lexington and Concord -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is a document the gives everyone freedom and equality. The colonist were very happy about this because everyone was equal.
