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Proclamation of 1763
This order prohibited, or barred, colonists from living west of the Appalachian Mountains, on Native American land. -
The Sugar Act
tax (collected in England) on colonial exports like sugar, molasses, wine and whale fins...also provided harsh punishments for smugglers. -
Stamp Act
tax on legal and commercial documents. -
The Town-Shed Act
paper, led, glass, paint, and tea weree taxed -
Boston Massacre
5 people are shot at a riot in downtown boston by British Soldiers. -
The Boston Tea Party
Sons and Daughters on Liberty dress up as indians, board a ship carrying brtish tea and take the crates and dump them overboard into Boston Harbor. -
The Intolerable/Coercive
Meant to punish the massachusetts colonists for thier defiance. -
The First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies. -
Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
Paul Revere road form boston to the other colonies warning them of the inpending british attack. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
First Military engangement inbetween the British and th Colonists. -
The Second Continental Congress
Convention of the delagtaes from the 13 colonies that started in the summer of 1775. -
Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
Small force of Green Mountain Boys led by Ethan Allen and Benidict Arnold overpowered a small British Garrison at Fort Tichonderoga. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
An early revolutionary war that was won by the British.
