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Proclamation of 1763
King George lll issued a proclamation that forbade the settlement of the Appalachians mountains of the west. -
Sugar Act
The purpose of lowering tax on molasses to have importers buy from British colonies instead of the French and Spanish colonies. -
Stamp act
The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. -
Stamp Act
Imposed on all colonists and required to pay tax on all printed paper they used. -
Quartering Act
provide provision and housing for the British soldiers stationed in the 13 colonies. -
Townshend Acts
The Townshend Act was attached towards resources like glass, lead, paints, paper and tea imported into the colonies. -
Boston Massacre
Five Colonists were killed by the British soldiers on March 5, 1770 -
Tea Act
Bill designed to save the faltering East India Company from undergoing bankruptcy. -
Boston Tea Party
A group of colonist protesting of the increasing of British oppression, by attacking the merchant ships in Boston Harbor. -
French and Indian War
The French and Indian War was the North American conflict in a larger imperial war between Great Britain and France known as the Seven Years' War. -
Intolerable Act
This Act was Harsh towards the American colonists for the boston tea party and other protests havoc. -
First Continental Congress
In Philadelphia, the First Continental Congress organized the colonial resistance to Parliament's Coercive Acts. -
Second Continental Congress
It managed the Colonial war effort and moved incrementally towards independence. -
Lexington and Concord
Was the First battle of the Revolutionary War -
Declaration of Independence
Established the protection of alienable rights and the colonies from the British parliament.