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Proclamation Line
The Proclamation line banned settlers from crossing west over the Appalachian mountains to prevent conflict between settlers and Indians. it was issued after the french and Indian war ended. -
Stamp Act
The stamp act was the first charged act on american by the British government. the act put taxes on all paper items like legal document, newspapers, and publication. -
Quartering Act
The Quartering act gave British soldiers the permission the room in home of the american colonies . This act is very similar to the third amendment. -
Declaratory Act
The Declaratory Act was a law that was mainly passed to affirm its power to legislate for the colonies. it was passed the same time the stamp act was repealed. -
Townshend Act
The Townsend Act was a series of measures introduced into the English Parliament by Chancellor of the Exchequer Charles Townsend. there were 5 Townsend acts -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was the killing of five colonists by British regulars.It was the culmination of tensions in the American colonies. -
Committee of Correspondence
The Committees of Correspondence were the American colonies’ means for maintaining communication lines.Committees of Correspondence were the American colonies’ first institution for maintaining communication with one another. -
Boston Tea Party
a group of Massachusetts colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians board three British tea ships and dumped tea into the harbor. mainly to show they didn't want the taxes put on the tea. -
Tea act
The Tea Act was one of several measures imposed on the American colonists for their taxes.This meant the East India Company could sell their tea cheaper than the American merchants -
Coercive Acts
The Coercive was the Administration of Justice Act and the Massachusetts Government Act. The aim of the legislation was to restore order in Massachusetts and punish Bostonian for their Tea Party. -
Shot Heard Around the World
The Shot heard Around The World the gun shot that started the American Revolution or Revolutionary War. No one knows who fired that shot. -
common sense
Common sense was a book written by Thomas Paine advocating independence from Great Britain.it was first published Common Sense anonymously but he didn't want to get locked up for speaking out against British rule. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House. it was written by Thomas Jefferson (3rd president)
