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proclamation act
an act that forbade settlement after a line around the Appalachian mountains -
sugar act
was a revenue raising act. -
sugar act
a revenue raising act -
stamp act
was an act that imposed a tax on all printed items -
stamp act
a tax imposed on all printed goods -
quartering act
Was an act that the Americans had to provide British solders with accommodations and food. -
the quartering act
that troops could only be quartered in a barracks or public housing -
stamp act repealed
the act was repealed -
the declaratory act
said that the British parliament had the same affect on america as it did on Britain -
stamp act repealed
stamp act was repealed -
declaratory act
stated that Britains parliament was the same as it was in Britain as it was in america -
Townshend act
acts to give the British the ability to exert authority over the colonies -
Boston massacre
the killing of 5 colonists by British solders -
Committee of correspondence
rallied colonial opposition against British policy -
tea act
an act to save the British east India company and under cut the price of illegal tea -
Boston tea party
a protest were Americans throw a hole shipment of tea into Boston harbor -
intolerable acts
a series of laws that took away the rights of people in Massachusetts -
intolerable acts
a series of acts taking away the rights of people in Massachusetts -
1st continental congress
a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies -
Period: to
1st continental congress
a meeting of the delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies -
Declaration of rights and grievance
it declared that taxes imposed on the colonists with out there formal consent were unconstitutional -
Lexington and concord
the first military engagements during the revolutionary war -
battle of bunker hill
a battle fought during the siege of Boston -
battle of bunker hill
a battle during the siege of Boston -
appeal to reason rejected
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common sense
was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine -
declaration of independence
when america declared independence from great Britain -
treaty of paris
a treaty where Britain acknowledged america as a sovereign nation