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Revolution
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Proclamation of 1763
Prohibited settlers from going past the Appalachian Mountains. Put in place to appease the Indians and to prevent another war. -
Stamp Act of 1765
Required printed material to be printed on specially stamped paper that cost more -
Townshend Taxes
Taxed the merchants who brought in the goods to the ports which raised the prices -
Boston Tea Party
Colonists decided to not buy tea from England anymore. They dressed up like Indians and threw the tea overboard on ships, burned the ships or grew their own tea leaves -
The Intolerable Acts
Included the tea act and stamp act. They closed the Boston ports to all trade. Put the government of Mass Bay under British control. Allowed the governor of Massachusetts to move a trial if he thought the person would not get a fair trial in Massachusetts -
The First Continental Congress
Fifty-six delegates from 12 colonies got together and they decided to hold taxes, begin military preparations just in case, imprison British officials if they imprisoned one of theirs and non-association with Britain. -
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
First military engagement of the American Revolutionary War -
Second Continental Congress
Managed colonial war efforts and adopted the Declaration of Independence -
Battle of Bunker Hill
Colinial troops had intelligence about Red Coats occupying the surrounding hills of the city and tried to fight them off -
Thomas Paine's Common Sense
Thomas Paine anonymously publishes "Common Sense", a pamphlet that gave the colonists solid reasonging for fighting the British and seeking independence -
Declaration of Independence
Announced that the 13 colonies were no longer apart of Britain and were now independent states -
Battles of Saratoga
Turning point in Revolutionary War, forced British troops to surrender to much larger American army -
Battle At Yorktown
Decisive American victoryled by George Washington over England troops -
Treaty of Paris
An agreement between the new America and England that ended the war and gave numerous amounts of land to America
