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Treaty of Paris
Ended the French and Indian War.It split America between Spain and Britain. France had no control over America.
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Proclamation of 1763
The colonists couldn't pass the Appalachian Mountains so Britain could keep control of the colonies. The colonists did not like this.
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Townshend Act
Placed a tax on items not made in the colonies such as paint, paper, glass, lead and tea.
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Boston Massacre
5 colonists are killed by British soldiers in the streets. The British fired because they thought the colonists had shot at them.
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Tea Act
Allowed the East India Company to sell tea straight to the stores. Allowed them to skip the merchants who were boycotting them.
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Boston Tea Party
The Sons of Liberty dressed up as Indians and threw 342 crates of tea overboard into Boston Harbor.
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Intolerable Acts
It was meant as punishment for Boston after the Boston Tea Party. They wanted to isolate Boston, so they closed the Boston ports.
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1st Continental Congress
They met in Philadelphia to discuss problems about Britain. There were delegates from 12 of 13 colonies.The meeting ended October 26.
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Midnight Ride
Paul Revere, Wentworth Cheswell, and William Dawes were sent to warn the people of Lexington and Concord that the British were coming.
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Lexington and Concord
The first fights between Britain and the colonists. Known as the shot heard around the world.
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2nd Continental Congress
In this meeting the delegates all agreeded and published the Declaration of Independence.
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Declaratory Acts
Parliament could put taxes on anything, and they made decisions in all cases. They repealed the stamp act on this day.
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