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Proclamation 1763
Prevented settling west of the Appalachians. -
Sugar Act
Act that lowered taxes on sugar to try to get the colonists to pay the tax instead of smuggling. -
Stamp Act
Put tax on almost all printed material by requiring it to have a stamp. -
Townshend Acts
Put tax on imported material like glass, tea, and paper. These taxes led to boycotts throughout the colonies. -
Boston Massacre
British soldiers under attack by angry mob. They fired into the crowd killing five colonists. -
Tea Act
Lessened tax on tea, and gave near total control of the tea market in the colonies to the East India Trading Company. -
Boston Tea Party
Sons of Liberty dumped tea into ocean in an act of civil disobedience. -
Coercive/Intolerable Acts
Set of laws made to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party. -
Quebec Act
Organized a government in Quebec. Added the Ohio River Valley to Quebec. -
First Continental Congress
Leaders from all the colonies except Georgia met and voted. They voted to repeal the Intolerable acts and continue with boycotts. -
Lexington and Concord
British went to burn colonial militias' weapons, they were met by minute men at Lexington and fiught their way through to the North Bridge were another group of minute men who caused them heavy losses and sent them back to Boston. -
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Siege of Boston
Colonial Militias surrounded Boston and forced British troops to retreat by sea. -
Taking Ft. Ticonderoga
Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold led troops to Ft. Ticondergo. They took the British by suprise and the British soon surrendered. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
William Prescott and his militia held off redcoats on Breeds hill until the ran out of ammo and had to retreat. -
Declaration of Independence
Written by Jefferson and signed by members of the Second Continental Congress. Was an act of treason against Britain.
