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Proclamation of 1763
King Geroge the 3 signed the Proclamation of 1763 in October 1732 so it prohibits the settlement of the west of the Appalachians. -
Treaty of Paris of 1763
France and Spain, with Portugal in agreement, after Britian's victory over France and Spain during the Seven Years War -
Townshend Acts
Townshend Acts, 1767, originated by Charles Townshend and passed by the English Parliament shortly after the repeal of the Stamp Act. -
Stamp Act
An act of the British Parliament in 1756 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents -
Declaratory Act
Of the Paraliament of Great Britain, which accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act 1765 and the changing and lessening of the Sugar Act. -
Boston Massacre
A British Army killed 5 people, cause one of the villigers threw sticks, and stones at the army and one of them had been knocked down. And the army fired. Because they thought, they killed the solider so they opened fire.b -
Tea Act
The Tea Act was the final straw in a series of unpopular policies and taxes imposed by Britain on her American colonies. -
Boston Tea Party
The Destruction of the Tea in Boston was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston -
Intolerable Acts
American Patriots term for a series of punititve laws passed by the british parliament in 1774 after the boston tea party. -
1st Continental Congress
In October 26, 1774, there was a meeting to 12-13 colonies at Carpenters Hall. It was early in the American Revolution -
Midnight Ride: Revere, Cheswell, Dawes
Tension between the British Crown and American colonists existed for many years before the inception of the Revolutionary War in 1775. -
Lexington and Concord
In April 1775, when British troops are sent to confiscate colonial weapons, they run into an untrained and angry militia. This ragtag army defeats 700 British soldiers and the surprise victory bolsters their confidence for the war ahead. -
2nd Continental Congress
Managed the colonial war effor, and moved incrementally towards independence, adopting the United States
