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Proclamation Line
The British won vast territory in North America after the Seven Years’ War, but with the land came numerous problems of how to govern it. British military officials attempted to halt settlement, but eager settlers and land speculators ignored their directives. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act of 1765 was the first internal tax levied directly on American colonists by the British government. The colonists insisted that the act was unconstitutional. -
Quartering Act
Required colonists to provide food for any British soldiers in the area. During the French and Indian War had seized quarters in private dwellings. -
Declaratory Act
Stated that the Parliament's authority was the same in America as in Britain and asserted Parliament's authority to pass laws that were binding on the American colonies. Parliament repealed the Stamp Act because boycotts were hurting British trade and used the declaration to justify the repeal and save face. -
Townshend Acts
Imposed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper and tea imported into the colonies. But many Americans viewed the taxation as an abuse of power -
Boston Massacre
British troops were sent to Boston to enforce the Townshend Acts in May of 1768. The Boston Massacre was the killing of five colonists by British regulars on March 5, 1770. -
Committee of Correspondence
The Committee of Secret Correspondence was a committee formed by the Second Continental Congress and active from 1775 to 1776. With the American Revolutionary War approaching, the Second Continental Congress, which took place in Philadelphia in 1775, recognized the allies to help the 13 colonies. -
Tea Act
Their resistance culminated in the Boston Tea Party on December 16, 1773. The Tea Act effectively lowered the price of the East India Company’s tea in the colonies. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was an event in the growth in the American Revolution. Samuel Adams defended the colonists and probably participated in it. -
Intolerable or coercive acts
King George lll was mad so they punished the colonies. The Coercive Acts were a series of four acts established by the British government. -
"Shot heard around the world"
The first shots were fired just after dawn in Lexington, Massachusetts the morning of the 19th.Captain John Parker began assembling minutemen to meet the British. -
Common Sense
Was published to challenge the authority to the British. Written by Thomas Paine. -
Declaration of Independence
Authors: Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, etc. Was a document declaring the U.S. to be independent by the British Crown.
