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Treaty of Paris 1763
This treaty ended the French and Indian War. This treaty left the British in massive debt. -
Proclamation Act
The act to separate white settlements from the Indian settlements. -
Sugar Act
A law setting tax on sugar and molasses that are imported into the colonies. This impacted the manufacture of rum in New England. -
Stamp Act
Taxes were imposed on newspapers, pamphlets, and legal papers. -
Quartering Act
The first act to require the provision of housing, drinks and food to the British troops that are in the American colonies -
Declaration of Rights and Grievances
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Stamp Act Congress
The first gathering of the elected representatives from the American colonies to create a unified protest against the British taxation -
Repeal of the Stamp Act
Parliament voted to repeal the Stamp Act -
Declaratory Act
This act accompanied the Stamp Act Repeal. It allows the British the rights to make laws binding on the colonies. -
Townshend Acts
Townshend Acts is a series of laws placing duties on imported items by the colonists (lead, paints, glass, tea and paper). -
Boston Massacre
5 civilians were killed by the British. -
Committee of Correspondence
In Boston, Massachusetts, Samuel Adams organized the first Committee of Correspondence. -
Tea Act
This law allowed the British East India Company to sell low cost tea to the colonies. This undermines the colonial tea merchants. -
Boston Tea Party
The Massachusetts patriots pretended to by Indians and protested the British Tea Act by throwing all of their goods overboard. -
The Intolerable Act
Harsh laws were passed by the British Parliament. These laws were meant to punish the American colonists for protesting. -
First Continental Congress
This congress was made up of delegates from each colony in reaction to the Intolerable Act. They had a series of measures imposed by the British government on the colonies. -
Lexington and Concord
These battles kicked off the American Revolutionary War. This is when Paul Revere rode on his horse warning the colonists about the British. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
This battle took place in Charlestown, Massachusetts. The British defeated the Americans. -
Common Sense
Thomas Paine published a very influential pamphlet that convinced many Americans to break away from the British. -
Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, finalizing the freedom for the Americans. -
The Appeal to Reason
The Appeal to Reason was a weekly published article in a political newspaper written by Julius Wayland.