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A boundary drawn across the Appalachian mountains that separated the natives and colonists. -
British law that taxed sugar, molasses and other goods imported into the American colonies -
A tax on the colonies that taxed printed goods, and was the first tax on the colonies. Came after the 7 year war when the British were in debt. "No taxation without representation!" -
Placed taxes on goods imported into the American colonies including tea, glass, paper, and paint -
to save the struggling British East India Company and to prove British authority to tax the colonists. -
Laws passed by the British Parliament in response to the Boston Tea Party. Designed to punish Massachusetts for the protest and to reassert British authority. -
a meeting of delegates from twelve of the thirteen American colonies to talk about the intolerable acts and resulted in Declaration of Rights and Grievances, an agreement to boycott British goods and a plan to meet again if necessary. -
Evolved from the First C.C. convened in response to the growing conflict with Britain. Worked on establishing a continental army with George Washington as commander and eventually declaring independence from British rule. -
The first official battle of the American Revolutionary War. Brits vs Colonists. often remembered as the "shot heard round the world" Colonist won -
Wrote by Thomas Paine
Talked about independence and why they should be free from Brittan. -
The document Thomas Jefferson wrote to formally separate the Americas from British rule.