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Colonial Resistance to Great Britain

  • Mercy Otis Warren

    She was a polictical writer and a propagandist of the American Revolution.
  • Currency Act

    Currency Act
    Resicted emission of paper money.
  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763
    Prohibited settlement by British colonists beyond the Appalachian Mountains. This proclamation was ignored by many colonists and created resentment among the coloinsts.
  • Committees of Correspondence

    Were shadow government organized by the pariot leaders of the Thirteen Colonies.
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act
    This act required tax on sugar and anything that had sugar in it.
  • Currency Act

    Extened the Currency Act of 1751 and made all British coloines in North American follow the act.
  • Sons and Daughters Of Liberty

    Sons- Was secrtely established to undermine British rule in colonial Amercia.
    Daughters- Was women who particpated in boycotts of Birtish goods. Also made home goods for the colonists besides them buying form Britain.
  • The Stamp Act

    Required that documented paper (Licenses, dipolmas, contracts) and even playing cards, that were printed out on stamped paper had to be taxed,
  • John Dickerson's Letter from a Pennsylviana Farmer

    His letter made it clear that Britain's policies were wrong and deprived the coloines of their lawful rights.
  • The Tea Act

    The Tea Act
    Required tax on all tea products.
  • The Intolerable Acts

    Series of laws sponsered by the British Prime Minister in 1774 in response to the Boston Tea Party.