american revolution

  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763

    Law forbidding settlement west of the Appalachians.
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    American revolution

  • Sugar act

    Sugar act

    Tax on colonial exports like sugar, molasses, and whale fins.
  • Stamp act

    Stamp act

    A tax requiring stamps to be bought for papers and other documents.
  • Quatering act of 1765

    Quatering act of 1765

    Required colonists to provide housing and supplies for British troops stationed in America.
  • Townshend act

    Townshend act

    Indirect taxes on paper, lead, glass, paint, and tea.
  • Boston massacre

    Boston massacre

    British soldiers shot into a crowd of american protesters and killed a few.
  • Tea act

    Tea act

    Placed a tax on tea.
  • Boston tea party

    Boston tea party

    Colonists dressed as indians and dumped tons of tea into the harber.
  • Boston port act

    Boston port act

    Closing of Boston harbor due to the boston tea party.
  • Massachusetts Government Act

    Massachusetts Government Act

    Regulated the governmanet of massachusetts.
  • Quatering act of 1774

    Quatering act of 1774

    Let British soldiers live in the colonists houses>
  • First continental congress

    First continental congress

    Sept. 5 - Oct. 26. delagates from almost all the colonies met in Philadelphia to discuss the problem with Britain.
  • Patrick Henry's speech

    Patrick Henry's speech

    Give me LIberty or Give me Death speech.
  • Lexington and concord

    Lexington and concord

    The "shot heard 'round the world"
  • Declaration of independence

    Declaration of independence

    The colonies are no longer colonies.