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Proclamation of 1763
The proclamation forbid colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains -
Sugar Act
A revenue-raising act that put taxes on sugar and other things -
Stamp Act
A revenue-raising act that placed taxes on stamps. Also required stamps to be placed on newspapers, legal & commercial documents -
The Quartering Act
Required colonists to provide housing & accommodations for British soldiers stationed in the colonies -
Stamp Act Congress
First unified meeting of the colonies devised a protest against new British taxation -
The Declaratory Act
Repealed the Stamp Act & changes do and lessened the Sugar Act -
The Boston Massacre
A "street fight" between colonists and British soldiers where several colonists were killed -
The Boston Tea Party
Protest where colonists dressed up as Native Americans and dumped several hundred chests of British tea into the Boston harbor -
The Rides of Paul Revere & Walliam Dawes
Revere & Dawes were keeping watch for the British and alerted the colonists upon their arrival -
Adoption of the Declaration of Independence
The representatives signed & adopted the document declaring the colonies independence from Great Britain