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Proclamation Line
mainly intended to conciliate the Indians by checking the encroachment of settlers on their lands. King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America.
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Stamp Act
The stamp act was the first internal tax levied directly on American colonies by the British government. Both stamp and Declaratory acts were issued at the same time. 10 years later the colonists rose in armed rebellion against the British . http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/stamp-act -
Quartering Act
This act was only given to a minimum of 2 acts of British Parliament. This act required colonists to feed any of the British soldiers in the area. The tensions would sooner or later fuel the fire led by the American Revolution. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartering_Acts -
Declaratory Act
declaration by the British Parliament that accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act. It stated that the British Parliament's taxing authority was the same in America as in Great Britain. https://www.britannica.com/event/Declaratory-Act-Great-Britain-1766 -
Declaration of Independence
This was on July 4th 1766. Which means they announced the 13 colonies, The kingdom of Great Britain regarded themselves as 13 independent sovereign states. John Adams wanted Thomas Jefferson to compose the original draft of the document. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence -
Townshend Act
Townshend was series of British acts. This act was named after Charles Townshend. The act began in 1767. https://www.google.com/search?q=Townshend+Act&rlz=1CASMAE_enUS763&oq=Townshend+Act&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.786j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&safe=active&ssui=on -
Boston Massacre
British Army soldiers shot and killed people while under attack by a mob. There was only 5 people killed by the British army.
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Committee of Correspondence
Was a inter colonial committee organized 1772 by Samuel Adams in Massachusetts to keep colonists informed of British to plan colonial resistance or countermeasures.
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Tea act
Was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. The Act granted the Company the right to directly ship its tea to North America and the right to the duty-free export of tea from Britain.
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Boston Tea Party
was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 16, 1773. The British dressed up like Indians and poured tea into the Boston harbor
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intolerable or coercive act
They were meant to punish the American colonists for the Boston Tea Party and other protests. Like the Stamp Act and the Town Shend Acts, the Intolerable Acts pushed the colonists toward war with Great Britain.
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"Shot Heard Around the World"
This phrase comes from the opening stanza of Ralph Waldo Emerson's concord hymn. It describes the 1775 Battles of Lexington and Concord which opened the American Revolutionary War, but it has since been used to refer to other events. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shot_heard_round_the_world -
common sense
Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–76 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Sense_(pamphlet)
