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Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation established a line down the Appalachain mountains, causing colonists to stay on the coast. -
Currency Act
The Currency Act helped Britain gain control of the colonial banking system. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act increased taxes on imports taking a toll on the colonist economy. -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act forced colonists to take care of soldiers which was taxation without representation to the colonists. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act placed a small tax on paper which sent colonists over the edge. -
Boston Tea Party
At the Boston Tea Party, colonists let out anger from tea taxes by dumping British imported tea into the harbor. -
The Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were a set of acts that controlled colonists under British rule. -
The First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was the Congress of the new states. They discussed baout wether or not to seperate from Britian. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
These battles were fought back to back. The colonists lost at Lexington, but achieved victory in Concord. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independance stated that the colonies wanted to break away form British rule.
