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Navigation act
They made it where only the English would be able to bring goods into England. English laws established, developed the English ships. -
End of salutary act
it is a policy that British made where the laws were either barley enforced or not enforced at all -
Proclimation of 1763
It was made to prevent even more conflicts between the settlers and the native Americans and settlers couldn't cross west over the Appalachian mountains. -
sugar act
a tax on sugar by the British parlament in America colonies. -
Stamp act
It required the colonists to pay a tax with documents and stamps -
Sons of liberty
A patriot military organization and their activities helped lead the colonies into the American revolution. -
Townshend act
Passed by the British to tax the America colonies for imported goods. -
Boston massacre
British troops and the townspeople arguing before the revolutionary war. -
Committees of Correspondence
to express the ideas they have and to debate to British imperial policy. -
Boston tea party
A political protest in colonial Massachusetts. -
intolerable acts
laws that are punitive passed by British Parliament after the Boston tea party -
First continental congress
declared that colonists should have the same rights the Englishmen have -
Olive branch petition
Showed their loyalty to the British crown to show that they have a right as a citizen. -
Second Continental Congress
A meeting from the 13 colonies that came together in support of the American revolution and the Revolution war. -
Lexington and Concord
Marked the start of the American war of independence. -
Patrick Henry “Give me Liberty or Give me Death” speech
argued that war with Britain was inevitable and the military should be raised by American liberties. -
Declaration of independence
A document stating how the government and our identity as Americans are based. -
Thomas Paine “Common Sense”
a 47 page document speaking for the independence of Great Britain to the people in the 13 colonies