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proclamation of 1763
Issued October 7, 1763, by King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War and said the settlers couldnt pass a line drawn in the Appalachian Mountains. -
Sugar Act
An act that was passed by Parliament of Great Britain that lowered the tax on molasses but added tax to things like sugar, certain wines,coffee and pimento. -
Stamp act
in this tax the Parliament of Great Britain directed a tax that produced stamped paper everywhere or you had to buy a stamp for all of the colonies and paper that had stamps were taxed. -
Boston Massacre
An incident where the british army killed five men and injured six more and people spread it around making it sound like a massacre. -
Tea act
The purpose of this act was to get the colonist to buy british tea since they couldnt sell it so they tried to manipulate the colonist into buying it but it angered them. -
Boston tea party
in boston some people snuck onto a ship and destroyed an entire shipment of tea and threw some into the boston harbor in defiance of the tea act.this event escalated into the american revolution. -
First continental congress.
the first continental congress was called in order to response of the intolerable acts. it was attended by 56 delegates appointed by the legislatures. -
Lexington and concord
the battles of lexington and concord were the very first engagements known of in the american revolutionary war. -
declaration of independence
declaration of independence is the name adopted adopted by the continental congress for which announced that the thirteen colonies are at war with great britain.it stated that the colonies wanted independence from great britain.
