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Treaty of Paris
Ended the French and Indian War/Seven Years’ War between Great Britain and France. In the terms of the treaty, France gave up all of its territories in mainland North America -
Proclameation Act
End of the French and Indian war, and was the cause of a big celevration. -
The Stamp Act
Passed by the British Parliament
Required all American colonists to pay taxes on all printed paper(ship’s papers, legal documents, licenses, newspaper, etc.) -
The Quatering Act
Required colonies to house British soldiers in barrocks provided by colonies. -
Bunker Hill
Battle fought during the Siege of Boston in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War -
Stamp Act
Meeting held in New York that first gathering of elected representatives from the American colonies to devise a protest against New Britain taxation -
Declaration of Rights and Grievances
Document written by Stamp Act Congress that declared that taxes imposed on British colonists without their consent were unconstitutional -
Declartory Act
Act of parliament of Grewat Britan, which helped repeal of the Stamp Act. -
Stamp Act Repealed
Parliament voted to appeal the Stamp Act the same day the Declaratory Acts were passed -
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Townshend Acts
Series of acts passed by parliment of Great Britan. -
Boston Marracure
A street fight that happened in winter between Patriots and the British -
Commities of Correspondence
Shadows governments organized by Patriot leaders. -
Tea Act
Final straw in a series of unpopular polices and taxes passed by British on American colonies. -
Boston Tea Party December 1773
Political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston -
Intolerable Acts
A series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament. It was meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for throwing a large tea shipment into Boston harbor -
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1st Continental Congress
Meeting of delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies. Met on September 5-October 26 1774 at Carpenter’s Hall in Philadelphia -
Lexington and Consord
First Military engagements of the Amerian Revolution. -
Appeal to Reason Rejected
Appealed directly to the king and expressed hope for reconciliation between Great Britan and colonies. -
Common Sense
Pamphlet written bt thomas Paine that inspired people in the 13 colonies to declare and fight for independence from great Britan. -
Declaration of Independence
Written by Thomas Jefferson, and was declaring freedom of the 13 American colonies from Great Britain -
Sugar Acr
A revenue-raising act passed by the Parliament of Great Britain