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Navigation Act
A series of laws passed by the British Parliament that imposed restrictions on colonial trade. -
Proclamation of 1763
To prevent conflicts between settlers and Native Americans. -
End of Salutary Neglect
After the French and Indian war in 1763. -
Sugar Act
A tax on sugar by the British parliment in American colonies -
Stamp Act
Help pay for British troops stationed in the colonies during the seven years of war. -
Sons of Liberty
Political organization established to undermine British rule in colonial America and was influential
in organizing and carrying out the Boston Tea Party -
Townshend Act
Initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. -
Boston Massacre
Massacre in Boston over political tensions between the British and the American colonists. -
Committees of Correspondence
A way for the colonial legislatures to communicate with their agents in London -
Boston Tea Party
American political protest by the sons of liberty. -
Intolerable Acts
Boston Port Act, Massachusetts Government Act, and the Quartering Act -
First Continental Progress
Meeting of delegates of 12 of the 13 colonies held from Sept. 5 to Oct 26, 1774 -
Common Sense
Idepedence from England and the creation of Democratic Republic. -
Olive Branch Petition
The petition emphasized their loyalty to the British crown and emphasized their rights as British citizens -
Second Continental Congress
Meetings of the delegates from the 13 colonies that united in support of the American and Revolutionary War. -
Lexington and Concord
First major battle of the Revolutionary War. -
Patrick Henry Speech
To show colonists that war with Britain was there only option. -
Declaration of Independence
States the principles on which our government and our identity as Americans.