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proclamation of 1763
No settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains -
sugar act
A trade law enacted in 1764 in an attempt to reduce smuggling in the British colonist in North America. -
Stamp Act
law in which parliament established the first direct taxation of goals and services within the british colonies in north america -
quartering act
A name given to a mininum of two acts of parliaments in the local govt. of the american colonies to provide the British soldiers with any needed accomplishment or housing. -
repeal of stamp act
after months of protesting and an appeal by ben franklin before the british house common parliament voted to repeal the stamp act in march 1706. However the same day, parliament passed the declaration acts -
Townshend act/duties
A series of laws enacted by parliament in 1767, established indirect taxes on goals imported from britain by the britsh colonies in north america. -
Boston Massacre
A clash between british soldiers and boston colonist in 1770, in which five of the colonist were killed -
Tea Act
An act of the parliament of great british. the principal objective was to reduce the massive amount of tea held by the financially troubled british east india company. -
Intolerable acts
A series of laws enacted by parliament in 1774 to punish massachushetts colonist for the Boston tea party. -
second continental congress
A convemtion of delegates from the thirteen colonies that started meeting in the summer of 1775, in Philadephia, PA that soon warfare; decalared the american revoulationary war had begun -
Lexington and concord
The first battle of the revolutionary war fought in massachetts on april 1775. British troops had moved from boston toward lexington and concord to seize the colonist military supplies -
Battle of bunker hill
The great battle of revolutionary war, it was fought near boston in june 1775. The british drove the americans from their fort at breeds hill of bunker hill, but the americans ran out of gunpowder