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American Revolution
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Proclamation Line
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
The stamp act was an act of the British Parliament that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents. -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act is a British Parliament in the local governments of the American colonies to 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
The Declaratory Act was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. It accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act 1765 and the changing and lessening of the Sugar Act. -
Townshend Act
The Townshend Act was passed by parliament. It placed taxes on imported materials such as glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was the killing of five colonists by British regulars. -
Committee of Correspondence
The Committees of Correspondence rallied colonial opposition against British policy and established a political union among the Thirteen Colonies. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act of the Parliament of Great Britain to reduce the massive amount of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty. -
Intolerable or Coercive Acts
Intolerable or Coercive Acts was to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party. There were three major acts involved that angered the colonists. -
"Shot Heard Around the World"
"Shot Heard Around the World" was a hand drawn depiction of the Battles of Lexington and Concord and the Siege of Boston. -
Common Sense
Common Sense was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. -
Declaration of Independence
Declaration of Independence was a document that declared the independence of the United States from Great Britain. It was written by Thomas Jefferson.
