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The signing of the Treaty of Paris ended the French and Indian war in 1763. After signing the treaty the french gave up all their territories in North America.
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The Proclamation of 1763 was issued by King George III. After The Proclamation Act the British held a tight grip on their colonies stopping anyone from moving west because that was the Native American’s land.
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The Sugar Act of 1764 was put in place to stop people from smuggling in goods from other countries. It was put in place so the British could also get more money from the sugar when they weren’t getting goods that were being smuggled in.
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Required all colonists to pay a tax on all printed papers they used. All playing cards, ship documents, newspapers, and legal documents were all taxed.
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The Quartering Act was the act where all colonists had to house British soliders. They also had to accomadate any British solider with all the food the needed.
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The Stamp Act Congress was the 1st meeting of the American colonies congress. It ran from October 7th - October 25th 1765.
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The Declaration of Rights and Grievances was written by the stamp act congress. It was written saying the British shouldn’t tax the colonists without their representatio
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The Stamp Act was repealed becaus emany colonists went months boycotting British goods. This left the British no choice as they had to repeal the stamp act.
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The Declaratory Act was put in place for Britin to show the Parliament's power in the colonies. It also showed that they had the power to pass laws in the colonies too.
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The Townshend acts were named after Charles Townshend. They were a tax on all imports coming into the colonies.
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The Boston Massacre was a fight in Boston between the British and the colonists. There were 6 or 7 colonists killed on the street that day.
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The first committie of correspondence was formed in Boston. The committies of correspondence was out in place by the colonists so they could communicate about what they were prostesting and what not.
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The Tea Act caused a huge up roar in Boston leading to the Boston Tea Party. Although this act had no new taxes or anything.
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Colonists dressed up as Native Americans and raided a ship filled with British tea and threw it into the Boston Harbor. The colonists were upset with British for taxing them repeatedly when they had no representatives in Britain.
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The Intolerable Acts were put in place as a punishment to the colonists after the Boston Tea Party. The acts took Massachusetts right to self government.
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The 1st continental congress was a meeting 12 delagates of the 13 colonies. They met in Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennslyvannia.
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The battles of Lexington and Concord were the first battles of the American Revolutionary War. The British were tipped off that the colonists had a storage of weapons in Lexington and Concord.
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Bunker Hill was one of the earlier battles in the Revolutionary War. The British won the battle but had 226 killed and 800+ wounded.
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The petition was adpoted by the 2nd continental congress on July 5th, 1775. The petition showed American loyalty to Great Britain.
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Common Sense was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine. It gave people inspiration to fight for their freedom from Britain.
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The Declaration of Independence was wrtitten on July 4th, 1776 declaring the 13 colonies as independent states from Briatin. John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Ben Franklin are some of the original authors to the document.
