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Proclamation Line
King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War, which forbade all settlement past a line drawn along 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. Ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards were taxed. -
Quartering Act
The governments of the American colonies to provide the British soldiers with any needed accommodations or housing. -
Declaratory Act
Parliament repealed the Stamp Act and passed the Declaratory Act. -
Townshend Acts
the Townshend Acts imposed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper and tea imported into the colonies. Townshend hoped the acts would defray imperial expenses in the colonies, but many Americans viewed the taxation as an abuse of power, resulting in the passage of agreements to limit imports from Britain. -
Boston Massacre
a street fight between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. -
Committee of Correspondence
Virginia House of Burgesses proposed that each colonial legislature appoint a standing committee for intercolonial correspondence. -
Tea Act
The act was not intended to raise revenue in the American colonies, and in fact imposed no new taxes. -
Boston Tea Party
was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston. -
Intolerable or Coercive Acts
The Coercive Acts were a series of four acts established by the British government. The aim of the legislation was to restore order in Massachusetts and punish Bostonians for their Tea Party. -
Shot Heard Around the World
In lexington the mintuemen waited for british troops. As each one was standing someone shot fired. no one knows who sot it but it was descirbe as the "shot heard around the world. -
Common Sense
challenged the authority of the British government and the royal monarchy. -
Declaration of Independence
a date that John Adams believed would be “the most memorable epocha in the history of America.” also when the Coninental Congress meeting and getting the independence of the 13 colonies.
