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Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris was signed in Paris by both King George III and representatives of America. The Treaty ended the American Revolutionary War. -
Sugar Act
Parliment pased a modified version of the sugars and molasses act. Colonial merchants were forced to pay a 6 pence tax on imported molasses. -
Proclamation Act
The Proclamation Act was issued by Great Britian following the acquisition of French Territory in North America. It forbade all settlement past a line drawn on the Appalachian Mountains. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act exacted revanue from the colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers. It also was enforced on legal documents. -
Quartering Act
This forced the colonists to provide accomidations for any British soldier. This included them staying in your house. -
Declaration of Grievances
It said that taxes on the British colonists without formal consent was considerd unconstitutional. It was written by the Stamp Act Congress. -
Stamp Act Congress
The meeting took place in New York City from October 7th to the 25th. It was consisted of American and British representitives to devise a unified protest against British taxes. -
Common Sense
Common Sense was a book written by Thomas Paine. It inspired the colonists to declare war and fight Britian! -
Stamp Act Repealed
Parliment repealed the Stamp Act after the colonists boycotted British Goods. It used to force colonists to buy a stamp for every official document. -
Declaratory Act
The Declaratory Act lessened the Sugar Act. The Act said that Parliments authority was the same in America as in Britian. -
Townshend Acts
A series of Acts named after Charels Townshend. The purpose of these Acts was to raise revenue in the colonies to pay the judges so they would remain loyal. -
Boston Massacre
A Patriot mob was throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks at the British soldiers. The soldiers opened fire and many colonists died. -
Committes of Correspondence
Secret governments organized by the Patriots on the eve of the American Revolution. It was what kept them in communication before the war. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act is considered the final straw of a long list of acts and taxes imposed on the colonists. It led to the Boston Tea Party. -
Boston Tea Party
Patriots disguised as Native Americans boarded British ships and dumped all of the tea on board. The British government responded harshly which led to the Revolution. -
Intolerable Acts
The Patriots nickname for a seires of Laws passed by the British. The laws were meant as a punishment for the Boston Tea Party. -
1st Continental Congress
It was a meeting of 12 colonists from the 13 colonies. It went from September until October. -
Lexington and Concord
The Battle of Lexington and Concord was the first Military engagment in the Revolutionary War. A ragtag army of Patriots defeats 700 British soldiers. -
Bunker Hill
Most of the combat took place on Breed's Hill. The British did defeat the Patriots, but not before they inflicted many deaths. -
Appeal to Reason Rejected
Also known as the Olive Branch Petition, it was refused by King George the III. The document wanted to reconcile with both sides. -
Declaration of Independance
The document declaring the colonies seperation from England. It was signed by 53 people including Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson.