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Treaty of Paris of 1763
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In the Treaty of Paris, France lost all claims to Canada and gave Louisiana to Spain, while Britain received Spanish Florida, Upper Canada, and various French holdings overseas. -
Proclamation of 1763
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King George III signed the Royalproclamation of 1763 which prohibits settlement west of the Appalachians. -
The stamp act
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The stamp act, the first "direct tax" on American colonies, is passed and will place a tax on all printed items. The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament. -
Townshend Acts
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Originated by Charles Townshend and passed by the English Parliament shortly after the repeal of the Stamp Act. They were designed to collect revenue from the colonists in America by putting customs duties on imports of glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea. -
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Tea Act
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It launched the final spark to the revolutionary movement in Boston. It was to allow a drawback of the duties of customs on the exportation of tea to any of his Majesty's colonies or plantations in America -
Boston Tea Party
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The boston tea party was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, on December 16, 1773. -
Intolerable acts
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the American Patriots' term for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament after the boston tea party. -
1st Continental Congress
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The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies. -
Midnight Ride: Revere, Cheswell, Dawes
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On April 18, the leader ordered British troops to march against Concord and Lexington. revere and dawes and Cheswell warned them saying "the british are coming. -
Lexington and Concord
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The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. "Shot heard 'round the world" are fired at -
Declaratory Act
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It was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, which accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act 1765 and the changing and lessening of the Sugar Act. -
2nd Continental Congress
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Managed the colonial war effort, and moved incrementally towards independence, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence on fourth of july!
