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Treaty of Paris of 1763
This was a war between France and England over a piece of land that has been wanted from the english colonies.
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Proclamation of 1763
A law that does not let the colonist push their settlements past the appalachian mountains. They let the Indians stay on the otherside where the colonists are not allowed to go.
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Stamp Act
The act when the government put a tax on every printed material in the colony.
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Declaratory Act
This was an act that was made right after the repeal of the stamp act. This was a shortened version of the stamp act. It only was a couple of acts they wanted to keep from the stamp act.
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Townshend Acts
Another act that has put a tax on goods. Goods that have been imported from somewhere else had a tax put on it. These goods are glass, lead, paints, paper and tea,
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Boston Massacre
When the colonist threw rocks and sticks at the soldiers in boston, one of the soldiers fell down and the soldiers started to fire at the colonists.
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Tea Act
The parliment passed a law for the East India Tea Company which allows them to sell their tea straight to the colonists. The colonists thought it was another act to control them so they boycotted it.
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Boston Tea Party
This was act made by the Sons of Liberty to get the British to know that they will fight back. The sons of liberty dressed up as indians and snuck on to the boat full of tea and dumped it all into the water.
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Intolerable Acts
These are acts made by the parliment and the king to keep the colonies in control from breaking away from britan.
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1st Continental Congress
This is when the first group of people met together and discussed the independence from the Britan
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Midnight Ride
Revere, Dawes, and Cheswell ride up to town to warn the people of the town that the british soldiers were on their way to them.
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Lexington and Concord
This was the first start to the revelutionary war. This was the first battle between the british and the colonist.
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2nd Continental Congress
This is another meeting when they are doing something about the independence from Britan. They have more delegates come and help. They write a declaration of independence and have all 56 delegates to sign it.
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