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  • treaty of paris

    Agreement signed by Great Britian, Spain, and France.

  • Proclamation Act

    Imaginary line drawn along the appalachian mountains.

  • The Sugar Act

    Colonists had to pay taxes on sugar.

  • Stamp Act Congress

    First gathering of elected representatives.

  • The Stamp Act1765

    Required colonists to pat tax on every piece of printed paper.

  • The Quartering Act

    The locations and conditions for British soldiers.

  • Declaration of Rights and Grievances

    Taxes on colonists from England without premission was unconstitutional.

  • Stamp Act Repealed

    Stamp act banned.

  • Declaratory Act

    Accompanied the repeal of the stamp act.

  • Townshend Act

    Passed to generate more revenue from the colonies.

  • Boston Massacre

    British soldiers killed many colonists.

  • Committee of Correspondence

    Scecret meets of leaders in the colonies.

  • Tea Act

    The taxation of tea.

  • Boston Tea Party

    Colonists dumped a whole shipment of tea into the Boston harbor.

  • Intolerable Acts

    Laws passed by England after the Boston Tea party.

  • 1st Continental Congress

    Meeting of representatives from 12 of the 13 colonies.

  • Lexington & Concord

    revolutionary battle in Massachusetts.

  • Bunker Hill

    The first battle in the Revolutionary War.

  • Olive Branch Petition

    The final attempt to avoid war with England.

  • Common Sense

    Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that inspired the colonies to declare war.

  • Declaration of Independence

    Americas independence declared from England.