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Proclamation of 1763
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Stamp Act
An act imposed by the British on the American colonies that proclaimed there be a tax on all legal documents and newspapers. -
Quartering Act
The American colonies had to provide the British soldiers with any needed accommodations or housing. -
Boston Massacre
A fight between colonists and the British in Boston; colonists threw snow balls, clubs and rocks while the British soldiers ended up firing and killing five colonists. -
Boston Tea Party
The destruction of tea in Boston as a rebellion against the British tax on tea. -
Intolerable Acts
Acts passed to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party. -
First Continental Congress
Twelve of the thirteen colonies sent delagates to Carpernter's Hall in order to discuss the Intolerable Acts. -
Lexington and Concord
The first military engagements of the Revolutionary War; At Lexington the British had the upperhand while at Concord, the Minutemen were able to defeat 2/3 of the British soldiers. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
Known as "the seizure of Boston," British troops defeated the colonists; this gave the inexperienced colonial forces a confidence boost because they defeated much of the British troops. -
Townshend Act
Shortly after the Stamp Act was repealed, the Townshend Act was passed on the colonies that established a duty on lead, paper, glass, paints and tea. -
Battle of Saratoga
The turning point of the Revolutionary war; the colonists ultimately won and had gained support from France, -
Battle of Yorktown
American troops led by George Washington, they won with the help if the French and the british surrendered. -
Treaty of Paris
official ending of the Revolutionary war
