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Proclamation Line
Forbade settlement past the Appalachian Mountains -
Stamp Act
Tax placed on all paper goods by the British to pay for the French and Indian war. -
Quartering Act
Required colonists to provide bedding and food for the British troops. -
Declaratory Act
This law declared England's authority to make laws for the colonies. -
Townshend Act
Series of acts taxed items like tea, paper, and glass -
committee of correspondence
Colonies set up groups to communicate about British activities. -
Boston Tea Party
Members of the Sons Of Liberty disguised themselves as Native Americans and threw crates of tea into Boston Harbor -
Intolerable Acts
Laws passed to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party -
Tea Act
British East India Companies' attempt at a monopoly on tea imports. -
Boston Massacre
Incident where five colonists were killed by British soldiers. -
"Shot heard 'round the world"
The start of the American Revolution, in which 400 minutemen attacked and chased the British back to Boston. -
Common Sense
pamphlet written by Thomas Paine to encourage revolution from the U.S. colonies. -
Declaration of Independence
Document declaring the U.S independence from Britain.
