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Writs of Assistance
Documents issued to customs officers that served as very general, and often non-expiring, search warrants. These angered the people of Massachusetts deeply, -
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Proclamation of 1763
To prevent conflict with the Native Americans, the English Parliament enacted the Proclamation of 1763. This drew a border of which the colonials could not cross to settle in the lands. -
Sugar Act of 1764
The British began to tax the American Colonies on imports of sugar and molasses. -
Stamp Act of 1765
The British began to tax the American Colonies on any paper good. -
Quartering Act of 1765
This act made it so the British troops were to be stationed in barracks, and if there was not enough room they would be allowed to house themselves in public places. -
Stamp Act Congress
The Stamp Act Congress was an attempt to repeal the Stamp Act which later happened. It was the conjoint effort of the colonies to try and repeal the act. -
Declaratory Act 1766
This accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act, and stated that Britain's authority was the same in the colonies as it was in Britain. Along with this it could pass binding laws in America. -
Townshend Acts 1767
Named after Charles Townshend, the Townshend Acts sought to make new taxes on imports to help pay the cost for soldiers and officers stationed in the colonies. -
Boston Massacre 1770
When a crowd began to riot, a group of British soldiers began to open fire. This resulted in the death of 3 people, with 2 dying later from wounds. -
Tea Act 1773
The purpose of this tea act was to try to encourage the American colonists to purchase tea from the British. This was an attempt to save the East India Company which had to much tea. -
Boston Tea Party
The Sons of Liberty went to the ports in Boston and dumped the cargo of the ships into the port. The cargo was tea bags, which gives the name of the Boston Tea Party. -
Coercive Acts 1774
The Coercive acts were a direct response to the Boston Tea Party. Regarding the American Colonies, The Acts included The Quartering Act(must house troops), The Boston Port Act(closed Boston port until damages paid), The Massachusetts Government Act(restricted government), and The Administration of Justice Act(British Officials were immune to persecution in Massachusetts). -
Quebec Act 1774
Allowed the free worship of Catholicism in Canada, and allowed the Canadian government to keep their form of government and Judicial system. -
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1st Continental Congress
A group of delegates who got together in Philadelphia to discuss a response to the "intolerable acts" passed by Britain after the Boston Tea Party. They decided for the colonies boycott British goods in an unsuccessful attempt to repeal the intolerable acts. They also organized for a 2nd continental congress meeting, which helped lead to the Revolutionary War. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The first battles of the Revolutionary War began because British officer Thomas Gage looked to take the illegal gunpowder the colonists held in Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts. The colonists won because of preparedness brought by Paul Revere and William Dawes' message that the British are coming. -
2nd Continental Congress
Meeting up of representatives from the thirteen colonies, which managed the colonial war effort against Britain, and moved closer to the adoption of the Declaration of Independence -
Olive Branch Petition
A letter from the Second Continental Congress to King George III, which was representative of the last attempt for peace before the Revolution. -
Declaration of Independence
A document, drafted by Thomas Jefferson, that proclaimed the United States' independence from Great Britain. Signed July 4th 1776.
