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Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was taxation on paper and stamps. -
Treaty of Paris
The treaty of Paris ended the French-Indian war. It also led to France giving up all territories in North America. -
Proclamation Act
The Proclamation act was a law forbidding settlements past a certain point in the territories. -
Sugar Act
This cut the molasses tax in half and enforced the tax in hopes the colonies would start paying. -
Quartering Act
Act made by the British government saying everyone in the colonies had to allow soldiers into their homes and provide food. -
Declaratory Act
Along with the Stamp act repeal the Declaratory act lessened the Sugar Acts. -
Stamp Act Congress
First congress of the American Colonies. -
Townshend act
Raised the income in the colonies to pay for the Judges and Governors in hopes the colonies would stay loyal to the crown -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was when British soldiers fired into an unarmed crown in Boston killing multiple. -
Committee of Correspondence
Joined the thirteen colonies as one. -
Tea Act
Stopped tea imports in the colonies other than the taxed tea. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was an act of rebellion against the British government. -
Intolerable Acts
Meant as a punishment for the Boston massacre to the Massachusetts colonist -
1st Continental Congress
A meeting of delegates from most of the colonies. -
Declaration of Rights and Grievance
A document written by the Stamp Act Congress declaring any taxes imposed on the colonies by the British government without the consent of the colonies was unconstitutional. -
Lexington and Concord
Lexington and Concord was the shot heard around the world and the first battle in the revolution. -
Bunker Hill
Battle fought in Charleston Massachusetts in the early times of the American Revolution. -
Olive Branch Petition
The Olive Branch Petition Petition was a letter to king George the third which was the colonies last attempt to avoid war. -
Common Sense
Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine convincing people to separate from the king. -
Stamp Act Repealed
the Stamp act was repealed after the colonies uproar. -
Declaration of Independence
The formal statement by the colonies that declare separation from Great Britain.