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Navigation act
laws passed by England to maintain control over colonial trade.The acts made by colonists buy England goods and limited trade witg other countries. -
Writs of assistance
The colonists were smuggling British goods so they didnt have to pay taxes so they tax collectors had the Writs of assistance that let them search the colonists homes and stuff unfairly -
Declaratory Act
The British repealed the stamp act and added the sugar act -
Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was made by the British that said that the colonist cannot settle bast the Appalachians -
Treaty of Paris of 1763
The document that ended the war between the British and France over the Ohio River Valley. This treaty ended French power in North America and expanded British debt. -
Sugar act
The British put a tax on everything that uses sugar for 3 pence and strictly enforce it and anyone who tried to smuggle got punished . -
Quartering act
British needed a way to watch over the colonies and save money so they passed the quartering act. This means the colonist had to house and feed the soldiers for free or else their homes were taken away. -
Stamp act
The British are taxing the colonists on all paper and force them to buy stamps to put on their papers such as Playing cards, Letters, wills, and diplomas. -
Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts were a series of British Acts of Parliament passed -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a event where a protest was going on and British fired on the crowd -
Coersive Acts
The Coercive Acts are names used to describe a series of laws relating to Britains colonies in North America and passed by the British Parliament -
Boston Tea Party
The colonists dumped millions of dolor's worth of tea in Boston Harbor as a protest on the Tea acts -
Tea Act
The British put a monopoly on tea where they can only buy tea from a certain company -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the 13 colonies that formed in philadelphia -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War -
Olive Branch Petition
The Olive branch petition was the last time the colonists tried to make peace with the British -
Battle of Bunker Hill
During the Revolutionary war the British defeated the Americans at Bunker hill -
Common Sense
Common Sense was a book written by Thomas Paine to get the colonists on their side of the war -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was a declaration that the colonists that stated their seeking independence