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End of French and Indian War
Treaty of Paris (England in debt > taxes colonies) Treaty of Paris ends 7 years war Britan taxes colonists -
Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamtion of 1763 banned colonists from the West side of the Appalachian Mountains -
The Sugar Act
The sugar act placed taxes on all sugar goods and also it arrived in the colonies in a time of economic depression -
Quartering Acts
had colonies provide food and shelter to British soldiers -
Stamp Act
taxed American colonists on goods -
Declatory Acts
repealed The Stamp act but asserted Parliments right to govern colonies as it saw fit -
Sons of Liberty
The sons of Liberty was any man who inter-Colonial who protested against Parliament and the Crown -
Daughters of Liberty
Inspired by The Sons of Liberty women began boycotting British goods they also began making their own goods -
Boston Massacre
British Red Coats open fired on 5 civillians that were throwing snowballs and rocks -
Boston Tea Party
Colonists dressed as Native Americans and snuck onto British ships and dumped tea to rebel against the Tea Act -
Tea tax
Little tax on tea made some angry with it -
Intolerable Acts/ Coercive Acts
These were passed as a response to The Boston Tea Party so they passed the following Acts: The Boston Port Act, Massachussets Goverment Act, Adminstration of Justice Act, Quartring Act, and Quebec act. -
First Continental Congress
Was a meeting of twelve out of thirteen delegates from North American colonies it was held in Carpanter's Hall -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
