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road to the revolution
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stamp act
tax on paper. mostly taxed newspapers stamps by the british government. later repealed -
committes of correspondance
shadow governments organized by the Patriot leaders of the Thirteen Colonies on the eve of the American Revolution. -
tea act
act that was issued by Britain to help pay for war costs. it was meant to save that British east tea company that was struggling -
proclamation line
after the french and Indian war the colonies couldn't move pass the Appalachian mountains and Britain took all of Frances territory -
quartering act
the act Britain put in place that made the colonies house the troops coming over from great Britain -
common sense
book by thomas paine that persuaded the colonies that what the british was doing was wrong and that it was common sense to rebel -
townshend acts
Townshend Acts imposed taxes on glass, lead, paints, paper and tea imported into the colonies. -
boston massacre
the shooting of 5 people in boston. the red coats were provoked into shoot civilians that were protesting -
boston tea party
a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston. sons of liberty dressed as Indians and went aboard ships and dumped over 300 crates of tea in the Boston harbor -
intolerable acts
series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea party so punish the colonists for there defiance -
"shot heard around the world"
the first shot between the colonists and the British at lexington -
declartory act
the act of Britain lessening the sugar act and repealing the stamp act -
declaration of independance
adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia that declared the colonies independance