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Treaty Of Paris
The Treaty of Paris ended the French and Indian war, in terms of the treaty France had to give up all of its territories in mainland North -
Proclamation of 1763
King George III issued a proclamation which couldn’t allow colonist to settle on the west side of the Appalachian Mountains, by him doing that he was hoping that the Native Americans weren’t angered by his choice. -
Stamp Act
It was passed by the British Parliament; the new tax was that all American colonist were having to pay a ‘tax’ for every single printed paper they used, for example Ship’s papers, legal document, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards were taxed. -
Declaratory Act
Declaration by the British Parliament that accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act. -
Townshend Act
They were a series of laws that made new imported taxes on British goods including paint, paper, lead, glass and tea to use revenues to maintain British troops in America to pay the salaries of some Royal officials who were appointed to work in the American colonies -
Boston Massacre
Since the British made such a heavy tax burden imposed by the Townshend Act they mostly appeared in Massachusetts in October, five people were murdered all colonist which everyone else used as propaganda to promote how violent and aggressive the ‘Red Coats’ actually were. -
Boston Tea Party
Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty dressed as Indians and go on three British ships and threw 342 chest of tea overboard -
Tea Act
To help save money the British Parliament passed the Tea Act which allowed companies to sell its goods to the colonies without paying taxes, which meant the East India Company could sell their tea cheaper to the American Merchants. Which in other words American colonist couldn’t buy tea unless it came from that specific company. -
Intolerable Act
American Patriots' term for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party, they were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in throwing a large tea shipment into Boston Harbor. -
1st Continental Congress
Was a meeting of delegates from the Twelve to Thirteen colonies that meet in the early American Revolution -
Midnight Ride
Paul Revere was ordered by Dr. Joseph Warren told him to ride to Lexington, Massachusetts where he yelled the famous line "The British are coming! The British are coming!!" When it was actually the 'originals' -
Lexington and Concord
Were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. -
2nd Continental Congress
Managed the colonial war effort and moved incrementally towards independence, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776
