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Proclamation Line
King George III Ordered No More Colonial Settlement Was Of The Appalachian Mountains.Colonist Were Mad And Moved West Anyway -
Stamp Act
This Act Was The First Act To Direct Tax On Colonists (not just merchants). All Most All Of Printed Material Were Taxed. Because Of The Protest And Boycotts England Would Repealed The Stamp Act. -
Quarteing Act
Required Colonies to Proved Food And Shelter For The British Solider. Forming The Basis For The Future 3rd Amendment To The US Constitution. -
Declaratory Act
Because Of Colonial Protest And Boycotts, England Repealed The Stamp Act, The Declaratory Act Was Passed This Law Declared England's Authority To Make Laws For The Colonies. -
Townshend Acts
Is This Series Of Acts Taxed Items Like Tea, Paper, And Glass.
The Colonies Reaction Was John Dickinson's Argued "No Taxation Without Representation". -
Boston Massacre
Britain Sent 1000 Troops To Boston To Keep Order, Where Colonists Heckled Them. British Soldiers Fired On A Heckling Crowd Of Colonists, Killing 5. The Press Portrayed England As Oppressive Tyrants. -
Committees Of Correspondence
Colonies Set Up Groups To Communicate About British Actives. The Committees Unified The Colonies, Shaped Public Opinion, And Coordinated Resisting The British. -
Tea Act
Lowered Tax On British Tea, Making It Cheaper Than Non British Tea. Colonists Were Mad And Felt Forced To Buy British Tea. That Cause The Boston Tea Party To Happened. -
Boston Tea Party
Samuel Adams And The Sons Of Liberty And Some Colonist, Disguised As Indians, Dumped 342 Chests Of Tea Into The Boston Harbor. In Protest Of The Tea Act. -
Intolerable/Coercive Acts
England Shut Down Boston Harbor, Stopped Allowing Elections, And Expanded The Quartering Act. More British Troops Were Sent To Keep Colonies In Order, Raising Tension. Colonists Called These New Laws In "Intolerable Acts". -
The Shot Heard Around The World
Is Considered The Start Of The American Revolution. Till This Day No One Knows Who Shot The First Bullet. -
Common Sense
Thomas Pane Wrote Common Sense Pushing For Independence And It Sated That Britain Violated Colonists Natural Rights And That Made It A Illegitimate Government That A Republic Power Comes From The People Through Elections, Not A King -
Declaration Of Independence
Thomas Jefferson Wrote The Declaration Of Independence Claimed That "All Man Are Created Equal" And Had Natural Rights. The Colonies Would Become The United States Of America And The American Revolution Would Began. They Made Their Decision On July 2nd To Become Independent From Britain. -
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