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1763-1776
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Proclamation of 1763
Gave French land to British colonists. Ended French and Indian War. Restricted Coonists from crossing the appalachian mountains. -
Sugar Act
Colonial merchants had been required to pay a tax of six pence per gallon on the importation of foreign molasses. -
Committes of Correspondence
United colonies in opposition of the British -
Quartering Act
Required the colonies to provide food and shelter for British soldiers -
Repeal of The Stamp act
Stated the rights and grievances of colonists. Beseeched the king and Parliament to repeal the repugnant legislation. Was ignored in England. Was a significant step toward intercolonial unity -
Stamp Act
Tax on American colonists for any piece of paper used, playing cards, ship logs, contracts, newspapers, licenses, etc, had to have a stamp that said that the paper they were using had been taxed, and paid for. -
Sons of Liberty Formed
Sons of Liberty is a secret politcal organization established to undermine British rule in colonial America. -
Townshend Acts
Townshend Acts put taxes on on glass, lead, paints, paper and tea imported into the colonies -
Boston Massacre
Partiot riot leads to Redcoats killing 3 wounding 8. Crispus Attucks (African-American) first death of the American Revoulution -
Repealment of the Intolerable Acts
Lead to a temporary truce between the two sides in the years before the American Revolution. -
Gaspee Affair
Lieutenant William Duddington was a British enforcer in a ship called, “the Gaspee,” and detained and impounded smuggled goods. This made the Sons of Liberty mad, so they captured his boat and crew, dropped them off on the shore, looted, and then burned the Gaspee. Leading to more conflicts between British officers and the colonists. -
Tea Act
granted the British East India Company the power to raise and lower prices for tea imports in the colonies -
Boston Tea Party
Occured In Boston, Organized by Sons of Liberty. 340 chest of British Tea (92,000 lb) dumped into the harbor. £9659 of monetary damage. -
Intolerable Acts
Made March 24th, put into effect on June 2nd Boston Harbor was closed to trade until the owners of the tea were compensated. Only food and firewood were permitted into the port. Town meetings were banned, and the authority of the royal governor was increased.British troops and officials would now be tried outside Massachusetts for crimes of murder. Greater freedom was granted to British officers who wished to house their soldiers in private dwellings. -
First Continental Congress
Delegates of each colony, (except Georgia) met to discuss the King and Parliament, and decided that they needed to know of the grievances that they were putting on the colonists -
Lexington and Concord
British soldiers marched to seize Sam Adams, John Hancock, and guns and gun powder. Spies and Colonials decided that they would take a stand on the British, and met them on their march. This is where the first shots, and first battle of the American Revolution took place... No one knows who took the first shot. -
Declaration of Independence
Founding Fathers created and signed the Declaration of Independece, announcing secession from Great Britian.
