Events Leading to the American Revolution-CH

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  • Proclamation Line of 1763

    Proclamation Line of 1763

    Prohibited the colonist from settling on the newly acquired French land.
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act

    Innated to raise British revenue by putting taxing goods imported to the colonies.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    Forced colonist to pay taxes on paper that they used.
  • Townshend Acts

    Townshend Acts

    allowed British solders to stay in colonist homes without consent.
  • Tea Act

    Tea Act

    Forced the colonist to only buy Britain tea from their east India company.(a monopoly on tea sells)
  • Intolerable/Coercive Acts

    Intolerable/Coercive Acts

    Was passed in response to the Boston Tea Party that restricted the colonist right and led to the first continual congress.
  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress

    A gathering of 12 out 13 colonies to address the intolerable acts and other actions of the British
  • Lexington and Concord

    Lexington and Concord

    Was the first battle of the American revolution was also known as the shot heard round the world.
  • Second Continental Congress

    Second Continental Congress

    A governing body of colonist who met to talk about independence.
  • Common Sense

    Common Sense

    A book written by Thomas Paine that targets the king directly for the taxes and other problems caused by the parliament.
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    written by Thomas Jefferson, establishes the natural rights and the separation from the mother country Britain.