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Road to Revolution
By Elasha Randolph -
Proclamation Line
The Line of Proclamation was issued by King George III -
Stamp Act
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
This act required colonists to provide food for any British soldiers in the area. -
Declaratory Acts
Parliament agreed to repeal the Stamp Act on the condition that the Declaratory Act was passed. -
Townshend Acts
Townshend Act is a series of acts that taxed items like tea, paper, and glass. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was the killing of five colonists by British regulars. -
Committee of Correspondence
The Committee of Correspondence rallied colonial opposition against British policy and established a political union among the Thirteen Colonies. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain. -
Boston Tea Party
Boston Tea Party was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were the American term for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament after the Boston Tea Party. -
Shot Heard Around the World
Came from the Battle of Lexington and Concord. -
Common Sense
Common Sense is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. -
Declaration of Independence
Declaration of Independence is the statement adapted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House Philadelphia.
