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1767 BCE
Townshend Acts
Townshend Acts is this series of acts taxed items like tea,paper,and glass. British repealed hated townshend Acts because government moves to mollify outraged colonists by repealing most of the clauses of the hated Townshend Act. -
French and Indian war
The French and Indian war fought from 1754-1763 between the British and french in North America. The treaty of paris 1763 ended this.. -
Proclamation LIne
King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War. -
Stamp Act
Stamp act was the first internal tax levied directly on American colonists by the British government. -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act is a name given to a minimum of two Acts of British Parliament in the local governments of the American colonies to provide the British soldiers with any needed accommodations and housing. -
Declaratory Act
Declaration by the British Parliament that accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act. The Declaratory Act was passed by the British parliament to affirm its power to legislate for the colonies “in all cases whatsoever. Stated parliament had the right to tax the colonists at anytime. -
Boston Massacre
A squad of British soldiers,come to support a sentry who was being pressed by a heckling, snowballing crowd, let loose a volley of shots.Three were killed Three persons were killed immediately and two died later of their wounds. -
committee of Correspondence
Committees of Correspondence were provisional Patriot emergency governments established in response to British policy on the eve of the American Revolution throughout the Thirteen Colonies -
Tea Act
The principal objective was to reduce the massive amount of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company in its London. -
Shot Heard Around the world"
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Declaration Of Independence
Document that declaration the independence of the united states from Great Britain; written by Thomas Jefferson.
