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Treaty of Paris 1763
The treaty ended the seven year war between the french and Great Britain. In turn the french gave up all there territories in north america ending the threat to the Britain's colonies. -
Proclamation Act
Was an act saying settlements could not go past the Appalachian mountains. -
The stamp act
This act stated that colonist had to pay tax on Ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications -
Quartering Act
This act allowed soldiers to stay in peoples houses they had to feed them and take care of them with there own money -
Stamp act congress
this is where no taxation without representation came from. -
Declaration of Rights and Gesrievanc
This was a letter of what the British did wrong. -
Declaratory act
This gave the British gave complete control over the colonies. -
Stamp Act Repealed
months of protest finally made the British House of Commons repeal the stamp act. -
Townshend Act
there were many taxes that were in the Townsend act they were all rejected -
Boston Massacre
British soldiers shot and killed multiple people this day -
Committee of Correspondence
formed a political committee with all thirteen colonies -
Tea Act
The British taxed tea to help bail out a economic crisis -
Boston Tea Party
american rebels boarded three ships and threw over 342 creates of tea in boycott of the tea tax -
Intolerable acts
These laws were meant to punish the colonist for the Boston tea party -
1st Continental Congress
Was a meeting between twelve of the thirteen colonies. -
Lexington and Concord
This was the first battle of the revolutionary war -
Bunker Hill
Even thought the Americans lost this battle it gave them great hope as they had won it in there minds -
common sense
it was written by Thomas Paine asking the people of the thirteen colonies to stand and fight. -
Declaration of Independence
The colonies finally becoming there own country