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Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris 1763 ended the French and
Indian war. In the treaty France had to give all their
mainland in North America. -
Proclamation Act
The Proclamation Act was a drawn out line that
colonists could not go past or settle on because
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The Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was a set of taxes put that taxed the importing of foreign sugar, molasses, etc. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp act required all colonists to have a stamp on all printed and legal papers Ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards were taxed. -
The Quartering Act
The Quartering Act required colonists to house British soldiers and to meet any accommodation requested by the soldier. They were also required to feed any soldiers in the area. -
Stamp Act at Congress
A meeting of representatives from each colonies in New York City. It was the first meeting of the representatives. They discussed ways to protest the stamp act. -
Declaration of Rights and Grievances
The Declaration of Rights and Grievances stated that the taxes being placed on them without their say were unconstitutional. -
Stamp Act Repealed
After endless protests and a letter of repeal from Benjamin Franklin the British Parliament voted to repeal the stamp act. -
Declaratory Act
The declaratory act stated that the taxes were the same in Britain as they were in the colonies. -
Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts are a series of taxes on the American Colonies. The acts were named after Charles Townshend who was the counselor of the esquire. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was an event in which British Soldiers shot upon a group of protesting colonists and killed some of them. -
Committee of Correspondence
Committee of Correspondence was a group of people that rallied people together to fight British opposition on the colonies. -
Tea Act
The act was put in place due to the heavy amount of tea being held by the East India Company. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea party was an act of rebellion from the colonists in which the colonists dressed as Native Americans and went into Boston Harbor and dumped about 1 million dollars worth of tea into the harbor in order to protest the taxes on tea. -
Intolerable Acts
The intolerable acts were harsh laws passed by parliament that were meant to punish the colonists. -
1st Continental Congress
The 1st Continental Congress was a meeting of 12 of the 13 delegates near the beginning of the war in Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It lasted from September 5th, 1774- October 26th, 1774. -
Lexington and Concord
The Battle at Lexington and Concord was the first military engagement of the American Revolution. -
Bunker Hill
Bunker Hill was a battle near the start of the war in Boston. The hill was important to control Boston Harbor. The colonists learned that the British were going to fortify the hill which lead to battle. -
Appeal to Reason Rejected (Olive Branch petition)
The Olive Branch petition was the final chance given to Britain from the colonies asking for their freedom and to avoid an all out war. -
Common Sense
Common Sense was written By Thomas Paine in 1776. It advocated independence of the colonies and colonists from Britain. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was the official document that stated the American Colonies were free from Britain. It was written by Thomas Jefferson and included 56 signatures.
