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Proclamtion Act
Opened up the West for colonists. -
Treaty of Paris
Ended the Revolutionary War between Grear Britain and the United States. -
Committee of Correspondence
A way for the colonists to communicate with each other -
The Sugar Act
Increased tax on sugar and other goods such as coffee and wine. -
Stamp Act
Put tax on every printed paper they used. -
Quartering Act
Find locations where soldiers can live. -
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Stamp Act Congress
Gatheing to Protest the Stamp Act. -
Declaration of Rights and Grievances
Declared that taxes issued by the British without formal consent was concidered unconstitutional. -
Stamp Act Repealed
The British removed taxes on imported goods. -
Declaratory Act
States that the taxing authority in America is the same as Great Britain. -
Townshend Act
Put taxes on glass, lead, paints, paper and tea imported into the colonies. -
Boston Massacre
A street fight between colonists and Red Coats. Several colonists were killed. -
Tea Act
Meant to save East India from going bankrupt. -
Boston Tea Party
The Sons of Liberty threw tea into the Boston Harbor in protest if the Townshend Act. -
Intolerable Acts
Laws that were set due to the Boston Tea Party. -
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1st Continental Congress
Meeting of the colonies to draft a declaration of rights. -
Lexington & Concord
The starting areas of the Revolutionary War. The first battle was in Lexington. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
United States lost against the British, but gained confidence for the war. -
Appeal to Reason Rejected
A petition to make peace with Britain. The U.S. rejected it. -
Common Sense
Written by Thomas Paine to inspire Colonists to fight the British. -
Declaration of Independence
The United States gain independence from Great Britain.
