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Sugar Act
The British placed a tax on the colonists because they wanted more money. They placed a tax on other imported goods as well. The colonist were very angry with this tax. The British imposed of it and made the Stamp Act. -
Currency Act
Its was a British law that was passed down by the Parliament of Great Britain. They suffered from the paper money issue. The British -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act taxed all of the American colonists on every piece of paper they used. The colonists were very mad at the British people. On the other hand the British were also mad because of how the colonists were acting. -
Quartering act
This act stated that the British soldiers could go into peoples home if there wasnt enough space in the barracks. The colonists disputed the act because soliders were going into their homes without permission from them. The British didnt really care what the colonists they just needed somewhere to stay. -
Declaratory Act
This was a British law passed from the month of March by the Parliament of Great Britain .The reaction of the colonists were to celebrate their victory, like they did in the stamp act. The Britishs reaction, they were mad because the stamp act got repealed -
Townsend act
They introduced by a series of measures, into the English Parliament by Chancellor of the Exchequer Charles Townshend. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacare was about some British Army Soliders who injured and killed people who were in the mob. The colonists had a provoked outrage. For the British,they were mad at the colonists. -
Tea Act
New tea sales in the American coloines,the act imposed no new taxes. The coloinsts had to deal with a duty of tea. The british were still mad about what had happened. -
Boston tea party
A protest on taxed teas by the Sons of Liberty.Which they threw many crates of tea in the Boston Harbor. The colonists were angry about the British taxing the tea. Which the British were angry as well, because the colonists threw at least 92,000 pounds of tea and the British had to wait untill all the tea was payed for -
Boston Port Act
This was to punish inhabitants of Boston for what happened. (The Boston Tea Party) -
Quebec Act
This was passed by the British Parliament for permanent administration in Canada -
1st continental congress
1st continental congress was a meeting of twelve from thirteen coloines. This was lasted until October 26, 1774. -
The Edenton Tea Party
A protest that took place in Edenton, North Carolina. That was very similar to the Tea act. The colonists strongly disliked this just like the Tea act. The British were mad at the protesters for protesting -
2nd continental congress
This managed the Colonial war effort and also moved them closer to independence. -
Ride of Paul
when him and William Dawes rode all the way from Boston to Lexington to warn the the British are coming -
shot heard round the world
This was the first shot of the American Revolutionary War. It came from Lexington. -
Common Sense
Thomas Paine wrote "Common Sense" which set his arguments in favor to the American Indepence. The colonists were good because they were advocating independence from Great Britain. -
The Declaration of Independence
It wasn't signed on July 4. But on July 1, 1776, 12 of the 13 colonies voted Richard's motion for independence. -
Articles of Confederation
When the Articles of Confederation the was adopted by The Continental Congress. The 1st ever constitution of the U.S.
