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Proclamation Line
The Proclamation line was a Proclamation that was passed by King George III after the British took over French territory, it forbade the settlement of Colonist in the Appalachian Mountains. -
Stamp Act
Tax placed on all paper goods by the British to help pay for the French and Indian war, later repealed. On paper such as letters,documents,and other papers. -
Quartering Act
An act passed by the British parliament stated that British troops could stay in the homes of the Colonists. -
Townshend Act
Are series of acts that were passed by the British Parliament. This was important because these were the acts that helped propel the Colonist to start to rebel against the British. -
Boston Massacre
An incident where 5 colonist were killed by British Soldiers after what started as a snowball first. -
Committee of Correspondence
The Committee of Correspondence was a network of individuals that kept people informed throughout the colonies. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act was a an bill passed that granted British East India Company Tea monopoly on Tea sales in the American colonies. This increased and forced Tea on the colonist. -
Boston Tea Party
It was an event were the Sons of Liberty had a political protest on what the Acts the British were passing. The sons of liberty dumped 342 overboard into the British Harbor. -
Intolerable or Coercive Acts
Were acts passed to punish the colonist for the Boston Tea party. Acts like shutting down the Boston harbor, no free election and the quartering act. -
"Shot Heard Around the World"
Consider by many the start of the American Revolution. The first shot of the American Revolution war. At Concord 400 minutemen attacked and chased British's back to Boston. 99 troops killed. -
Common Sense
It was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine originally published January first but was published again of February the 14th. It was a pamphlet written about what Thomas Paine thought about what was happening and the first work to openly ask for independence from Britain. -
Declaratory Act
The declaratory act was passed after the stamp acts was repealed in 1776. It was an act passed that stated the British had the rights and power to tax the colonist. -
Declaration of Independence
The declaration of independence is a document declaring the 13 colonist freedom from the British crown. This was a document that stated that the 13 colonists were now their own country.
