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proclamation act
forbade colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains. -
stamp act
The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. -
quartering act
Was an act enforced by the British on their North American colonies. It required colonist to provide adequate housing and basic necessities like food to the troops. -
declaratory act
asserted that parliament had the right to tax and make laws for the colonies in all cases. -
townshend act
series of British acts passed beginning in 1767 and relating to the British american colonies in north america. -
Boston massacre
group of colonists surrounded some British soldiers and threw rocks and snow until the soldiers shot in to the crowd and killed 5 people -
committee of correspondence
colonial opposition against British policy and established a political union among the Thirteen Colonies. -
tea act
Gave East India a monopoly on selling British tea to the colonies. -
boston tea party
About sixty men, including some members of the Sons of Liberty, boarded ships on the night of December 16, 1 773 (disguised as Native Americans) and dump tea chests into the water. -
intolerable act
- Closing Boston Port 2.Increasing royal power
- Cut upper house of MA legislature, decrease power of town meetings
- Strengthen quartering act
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"shot heard around the world"
Minutemen and British soldiers met at Lexington when an unknown shot was fired that started the American Revolution -
common sense
Thomas Paine's pamphlet on support for colonial independence happened. -
declaration of independence
the Document explaining why colonists are breaking away from Britain and explaining it.