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Proclamation Line
Issued by King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America. After the end of the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War, which forbade all settlement past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. -
Stamp Act
Exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents. -
Quartering Act
Two Acts of Parliament in the local governments. Provided the British soldiers with any needed accommodations or housing. -
Declaratory Act
An act of Parliament of Great Britain. Accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act and changing the Sugar Act. -
Townshend Acts
Designed to collect revenue from the colonists in America. Also imposed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper and tea in the colonies. -
Boston Massacre
Killing of five colonists by British regulars. The culmination of tensions in the American colonies that had been growing for a while. -
Committee of Correspondence
Rallied colonial opposition against British policy. Established a political union among the Thirteen Colonies. -
Tea Act
An act of the Parliament of Great Britain. The principal objective was to reduce the massive amount of tea held by the financially troubled British -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party (initially referred to by John Adams as "the Destruction of the Tea in Boston") was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston. -
Intolerable and Coercive Acts
The Intolerable Acts also known as Coercive Acts were a package of five laws implemented by the British government with the purpose of restoring authority. -
"Shot Heard Around The World"
A brief battle between British troops and local minutemen. This was held at North Bridge in Concord. -
Common Sense
Common Sense is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–76 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. -
Declaration of Independence
Was a statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress. Which stated that the thirteen colonies are no longer under British rule.
