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Proclamation line
King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America. All settlement past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. -
stamp act
the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents. Colonial opposition led to the act's repeal in 1766 and helped encourage the revolutionary movement against the British Crown. -
quartering act
The act stated that troops could only be quartered in barracks. It also required colonists to provide food for any British soldiers in the area. -
Declaratory Act
to save face, this law declared England authority to makes laws for the colonies. -
townshend acts
This series of acts taxed items like tea, paper, and glass. The Townshend Acts were met with resistance in the colonies, prompting the occupation of Boston by British troops. Parliament began to partially repeal the Townshend duties. -
committee of correspondence
Network of individuals that kept people informed throughout the colonies. Rallied colonial opposition against British policy and established a political union among the Thirteen Colonies -
Tea act
Act that gave a monopoly on tea sales to the East India Company. In other words, American colonists could buy no tea unless it came from that company. -
Boston tea party
incident where the sons of liberty dumped large amounts of british tea into the boston harbor. Some of the people were disguised as indians so they can fool everyone. -
intolerable or coercive acts
act where boston is punished for their part in the boston tea party. Closed their government offices and led to the first continental congress. -
shot heard around the world
The first shots were fired just after dawn in Lexington, Massachusetts. it was the first battle of the american revolution. -
common sense
thomas paine explained that the people must fight against the unfair and unjust ways of King George III and the British Parliament.The plain language that Paine used spoke to the common people of America and was the first work to openly ask for independence from Great Britain. -
declaration of independence
Written by Thomas Jefferson and adopted by the Second Continental Congress. Explaing why the colonies have overthrown their ruler and chosen to take their place as a separate nation in the -
Boston massacre
Incident where five colonist were killed by the British soldiers. it was the culmination of tensions in the American colonies that had been growing since royal troops first appeared in Massachusetts.
