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Treaty of Paris
Ended the French and Indian war and France gave up all their North American territories. -
Proclamation Act
King George lll forded the colonies from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains. -
The Sugar Act
British put at tax on sugar -
The Quartering Act
Made it so the colonists had to house and feed British troops -
The Stamp Act
British put a tax on all paper. -
Stamp Act Congress
Come up with a way to protest British taxes. -
Declaration of Rights and Grievances
A document that stated that the taxes were unconstitutional. -
Declaratory Act
Gave total power over the colonies. -
Townshend
Tax on lead, paper, paint, glass, and tea. -
Boston Massacre
British soldiers open fire on a group of protesters. -
Committee of Correspondence
A form of government to maintain communication and oppose British policies. -
Tea Act
This act save the East India Company by lowering the tax they paid on tea so they wouldn't go bankrupt. Therefore this lowered the price of the tea in the colonies, it lowered it so much that illegally smuggled tea was more expensive -
Boston Tea Party
Colonists dressed as Indians dumped 342 crates of tea into the Boston harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
They closed the Boston Harbor. -
1st Continental Congress
56 delegates and they elected a president. -
Lexington and Concord
First battles of the war. Paul Revere and others warned the army the British were attacking. -
Bunker Hill
British won this battle but the colonials inflicted a lot of casualties -
Appeal to Reason Rejected (aka: Olive Branch Petition)
King George the lll refused to see the petition. The congress tried to notify the king that the colonists were upset with ministerial policy, and not his. -
Common Sense
A book that challenged the authority of the British written by Thomas Paine. -
Stamp Act Repealed
Stamp act was repealed after tons of protests. -
Declaration of Independence
It proclaimed that the United States of America was independent from Great Britain and the king. It was signed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.