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Stamp Act
requires colonists to pay for a tax stamp on printed material -
Proclamation of 1763
King George forbids colonial expansion west of the Appalachian Mountains. -
Proclamation Line
Forbid colonial settlement beyond the line of the Appalachian Mountains. -
Quartering Act
Enacted to provide British troops with shelter and food -
Declaratory Act
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. -
Townshend Acts
Require colonists to pay a tax on tea, glass, paint, and other imported items -
Boston Massacre
Riot resulting in death of 5 colonists -
Committee of Correspondence
Shadow governments organized by the Patriot leaders of the Thirteen Colonies on the eve of the American Revolution. -
Tea Act
final straw in a series of unpopular policies and taxes imposed by Britain on her American colonies. -
Boston Tea Party
Creative protest against taxation by "Sons of Liberty" -
Intolerable Acts
British punish Bostonians by closing the port and sending additional troops -
Shot Heard Around the World
The Shot Heard Round the World occurred during a brief battle between British troops and local minutemen at the North Bridge in Concord -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Continental Congress meeting at Philadelphia
