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Proclamation Act
The act did not allow all settlement passed the Appalachian Mountains. -
Sugar Act
It was also known as the Revenue Act was never really collected due to colonial resistance and evasion. -
Stamp Act
It was passed by the British Parliament and it requires them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they use. -
The Quartering Act
The British Parliament met and passed the quartering act for the Americans It stated that if there was no room for troops at the camp they could go to public housing. -
Stamp Act Congress
A meeting in New York City with representatives from some of the British Colonies in North America. It was the first gathering of all the colonies -
Stamp Act Repealed
After months of arguing and an appeal by Benjamin Franklin and Parliament voted to repeal the Stamp Act. -
Declaratory Acts
Parliment agreed to get ride of the stamp act only if the Declaratory act was passed. -
Townshead Act
The acts are named after Charles Townshend who thought of the program.an attempt to assert what is to be considered as a historic right. -
Boston Massacre
A riot rising from the colonists toward the British troops then the troops fired at the crowd and killed several people -
Committees or Correspondence
they rallied colonial rebels against the British and established a political union among the Thirteen Colonies -
Tea Acts
The tea acts allowed the British East India Company Tea a portion on tea sales in the American colonies. -
Boston Tea Party
It was a political protest by the sons of liberty in boston where they dumped all the tea in the harbor because of the taxes. -
Intolerable Acts
The intolerable acts were in response to the Boston Tea party. It was meant to punish the colonists. -
1st continental congress
Meeting of the Delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies at the Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia. -
Declaration of rights and grievances
It declares that taxes on the colonies that they do not agree with are unconstitutional -
Lexington and Concord
it was the first battle of the revolutionary war British troops moved from Boston towards Lexington and concord to seize the colonists supplies. -
Bunker Hill
It was the first great battle of the Revolutionary war, it was fought near Boston. The British drove the Americans from their fort of Breeds Hill to Bunker Hill. -
Olive Branch Petition
John Dixson drafted to petition which was adopted by the second continental congres, and sent to King George the III -
Common Sense
Thomas Paine explained that the people must fight against the unfair ways of king George the III and the British Parliament -
Declaration of Independence
It is defined as the formal statement written by Thomas Jefferson declaring the freedom of the thirteen colonies. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris was signed in Paris by representatives of King George and representatives of the United States