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Proclamation
The Proclamation of 1763 stated that no one can settle west of the Appalachian mountain. Colonist reacted by ignoring it and going west anyway -
Sugar Act
Imposed a tax of six pence per gallon of molasses -
Quartering Act
Makes colonist provide homes for the British soldiers -
Stamp Act
New tax to make American colonists pay a tax on every piece of printing paper they used. -
The Declaratory Act
The Declaratory Act was an act of the parliament of Great Britain, which accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act 1765 and the changing and lessening of the Sugar Act -
Repeal of Stamp Act
After months of protest, and a appeal by Ben Franklin before the British House of Commons -
Townshend Act/Duties
In June 1767 the English parliament decided to cut Britain land taxes -
Boston Massacre
The killing of five colonists by British soldiers. -
Tea Act
Passed by parliament on May 10, 1773 granted by the British East India Company, tea a monopoly on tea sales in America -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, on December 16, 1773 -
Intolerable Acts
Where the American Patriots terms for series of punitive laws passed by the British parliament -
Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord, fought on April 19, 1775, kicked off the American Revolutionary War -
Battle of Bunker Hill
British defeated the Americans, but gave Americans a confidence boost -
Second Continental Congress
The second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the summer of 1775, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that, soon after warfare, declared the American Revolutionary War had begun -
U.S. Constitution signed
The Constitution was written during the Philadelphia Convention--now known as the Constitutional Convention--which convened from May 25 to September 17, 1787. It was signed on September 17, 1787
