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Proclamation of 1763
It was to stop the Colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains. -
Sugar Act
It lowered production on foreign-made molasses and taxed sugar. -
Stamp Act
Made colonists to purchase special stamped paper for every legal document, license, almanac, stamp duties, etc. -
Quartering Act
The King allowed troops to stay in the colonists homes. -
Repeal of Stamp Act
They took away of the Stamp Act but instead replaced with The Declaratory Act -
Townshed Act/ Duties
Taxed glass, paint, lead, paper, and tea. -
Boston Massacre
Was a British attack on defenceless colonists. -
Tea Act
Allowed the Britsh East India Company the right to sell. -
Intolerable Acts
One law shut down Boston Harbor because the colonists had refused to pay for the damaged tea. -
First Continental Congress **1st bonus slide**
Was the 1st attempt to gain independence from Britain by using The Olive Branch Petition. -
Lexington and Concord
The first battle and where the 1st shot was taken in the Revolutionary War. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
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Second Continental Congress
The loyalty that divided colonists sparked endless debates. "Own government" and created the Declaration of Independence -
Common Sense **3rd bonus slide**
Common Sense is a book written by Thomas Paine and explaining why it didn't make "sense" why we're still being ruled under Britain. -
Battle of Yorktown **2nd bonus slide**
The Final Battle between the Colonists with the help of the French vs Britain.