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Proclamation Line
The Proclamation line of 1763 was preventing the Colonists from using land that they had just went to battle for. This angers many as tensions began to rise, after the Colonists feel the British no longer care for them. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was a tax being placed on all paper. This is the British way of making money. It angered the people and was later repealed. -
Quartering Act
This act made it to where the only time the troops could be in peoples homes to live, was when the barracks ran out of room. The Quartering Act later shows to be in our Ammendments -
Declaratory Act
The Declaratory Act came after the repeal of the Sugar Act. This act stated that the Parliament had the right to tax the colonists at any time. -
Townshend Acts
The Townshend Act was passed in 1767 by Parliament because the British needed money after the stamp act was repealed. The Townshend Act was tax on paint, glass, paper, and TEA -
Boston Massacre
This was a bloody fight where unarmed colonists were attacked by the British. The British claimed 5 lives that night, one of which was Crispus Attucks. -
Committee of Correspondence
This occurred after the Boston Massacre. The Committee of Correspondence helped keep people informed throughout the colonies. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act allowed the British East India Company Tea to have a monopoly, or possession on tea sales in the American colonies. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party occurred because the people were mad there was a tax on tea and they still had no representation. So, as a result, the Sons of Liberty dumped $1,000,00 (in today's money) worth of tea into the Boston Harbor. -
Intolerable or Coercive Acts
This is where Boston is punished for the tea dumped into the Boston Harbor, they close the Harbor. This even led to the First Continental Congress -
Shot Heard Around the World
The Shot Heard Around the World, was the first shot fired in the American Revolutionary War. This shot was fired in Lexington. -
Common Sense
This was a book written by Thomas Paine. It tells us how we needed to break free from Great Britain -
Declaration of Indepence
The Declaration of Independence was a document that was written by Thomas Jefferson. This document declared the United States freedom from Great Britain.
