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Navigation Acts
British Parliament declared only English ships could bring good into England, North American Colonies could only export their goods -
Proclamation of 1763
This prohibited Americans to settle on the land acquired by the British after the French and Indian War -
End of Salutary Neglect
This decision was made to reinforce the Navigation Acts of 1651 to be enforced in 1763. -
Sugar Act
A tax on sugar by the British Parliament in North America -
Stamp Act
Put a tax on all official papers and publications going through the colonies. -
Sons of Liberty
A organized secret Patriot paramilitary organization, they were made to under rule British Law. -
Townshed Acts
Started taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. -
Boston Massacare
7 British soldiers fired into a crowd of volatile Bostonians, killing 5, and injuring many. -
Committees of Correspondence
A way for Colonial Congress men to communicate with Agents in London. -
Boston Tea Party
American political protest that led to hundreds of pounds of tea to be thrown into the Boston Harbor as a act of getting rid of the tax on tea. -
Intolerable Acts
Boston Port Act, Massachusetts Government Act, Administration of Justice Act, and the Quartering Act. These Acts were set up by the British Parliament after the Boston Tea Party. -
First Continental Congress
12 delegates met and decided that Colonists should have the same rights as Englishmen. -
Lexington and Concord
Massachusetts colonists defeated the British Authority in the first war, with the new army campaign. -
Patrick Henry “Give me Liberty or Give me Death” speech
This speech was given to convince Colonists that they needed to seek Independence and Freedom from British Authority -
Second Continental Congress
Establishes a Continental Army and Elected George Washington -
Olive Branch Petition
The last attempt sent to the King to settle before war started, it was rejected. -
Declaration of Independence
A Document that gave independence to American Colonies from Great Britain. -
Thomas Paine "Common Sense"
A Book written describing Americas ability to be free and survive on its own, this was basically a summary of the Declaration of Independence.