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Stamp Act
Tax placed on all paper goods by the British to help pay for the French and Indian war. It was also imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents -
Proclamination line
Forbidden the American colonist to settle west of the Appalachian mountains. -
Quartering Act
Provide the British soldiers with any needed accommodations or housing. It also required colonists to provide food for any British soldiers in the area. -
Declaratory Act
Declaratory act stated parliament had the right to tax the colonist at anytime. It stated that the British parliaments taxing authority was the same in America as Great Britain. -
Declaration of Independence
Document that declarations the independence of the United States from Great Britain; written by Thomas Jefferson. It was basically a formal explanation of why congress had voted to declare independence. -
Townshend Acts
Townshend act placed taxes on imported materials such as glass ,lead, paint, paper, and tea. Townshend is a series of measure introduced into the English Parliament by Chancellor. -
Boston Massacre
Incident where five colonist were killed by British soldier. Also it was a key event in helping to galvanize the colonial public to the patriot cause. -
Committee of Correspondence
Network of individuals that kept people informed throughout the colonies. Also, provisional Patriot emergency governments established in response to British policy. -
Tea Act
Granted the British East India company tea a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies. -
Boston Tea Party
Incidents where the sons of Liberty dumped large amounts of British tea into the Boston Harbor. It was a protest by the American Colonists against the British in regards to the tea taxes that had been imposed on them. -
Intolerable or Coercive Acts
Series of punitive laws passed by the British parliament. They were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance. -
"Shot heard around the world"
The opening of the American Revolutionary war. Also, the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. -
Common Sense
Advocating independence from great Britain to people in the thirteen colonies.
