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proclamation line
it was issued by King George III following Great Britains purchase of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War which forbade all settlement past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. -
stamp act
an act of the British Parliament in 1765that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents -
Quartering Act
Is a name given to a minimum of two Acts of British Parliament in the local governments of the American colonies to provide the British soldiers with any needed accommodations or housing. -
Declaratory Act
declaration by the British Parliament that accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act -
town shend act
the Townshend Acts was a series of acts passed beginning in 1767 by the Parliament of Great Britain relating to the British colonies in North America. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was the killing of five colonists by British regulars on March 5, 1770. -
Committee of Correspondence
The Committees of Correspondence rallied colonial opposition against British policy and established a political union among the Thirteen Colonies. -
Boston Tea Party
the Boston tea party was a political protest by the sons of liberty . they bored a lot of tea in to the harbor -
Tea Act
it started so that they could try to reduce the amount of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company -
intolerable or Coercive Acts
The Intolerable Acts were the American Patriots' term for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament -
"Shot Heard Around the World"
The Shot Heard Round The World: Battle Breaks Out At Lexington. Engraving of the Battle of Lexington. -
Common Sense
Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense in January 1776, but it was not published as a pamphlet until February 14, 1776. He wanted people to think about what was happening. -
Declaration of Independence
Is the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting.
