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Proclamation Line
also known as the "No Trespassing" Sign. It also stopped settlers from going west over the Appalachian Mountains to prevent future conflicts between natives & settlers
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Stamp Act
this act was the first DIRECT TAX on the colonists , not just merchants. exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents.
https://www.google.com/search?q=stamp+act&rlz=1CASMAE_enUS763US763&oq=stamp+act&aqs=chrome.0.0l6.1728j0j9&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&safe=active&ssui=on -
Quatering Act
required colonists to provide food and shelter to British Soldiers. Many Colonies provided troops with provisions during wartime.
https://www.bostonteapartyship.com/the-quartering-act -
Declaratory Act
to save face, this law declared England's authority to make laws for the colonies. & it also asserted parliament's power to pass laws that were binding on the american colonies.
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Townshend Acts
this series of acts taxed items like tea, paper, and glass & the parliament gave them the power to search people homes for items that was smuggled.
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Boston Massacre
is a street fight between a "patriot" mob, throwing stones/snowballs at a squad of British Soldiers. Several colonists were killed and this led to a speech/campaign.
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Tea Act
Placed no new tax on tea. Instead it gave a tax break to the East India Tea company... Lord North's Ministry passed the Regulating Act for India to control the Activities of the company.
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Committee of Correspondence
went against British policy and established a union among the colonies. They disseminated the colonial interpretation of actions by the British between the colonies.
https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1CASMAE_enUS763US763&q=Committee+of+Correspondence+importance&oq=Committee+of+Correspondence+importance&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0i22i30k1l2.55601.57656.0.57944.11.10.0.0.0.0.341.811.0j2j1j1.4.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..7.4.808...0.0.4evjpi_NmD8&safe=active&ssui=on -
Boston Tea Party
important because of both the British and American responses to the actions that followed the tea party. British were furious with the actions of the colonists and needed to impose a punishment for their rebellion.
https://www.surfnetkids.com/independenceday/.../the-importance-of-the-boston-tea-part... -
Coercive Acts
were passed by the British Parliament as punishment for the destruction during the Boston Tea Party, a violent reaction.
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Common Sense
Thomas Paine wrote the pamphlet "Common Sense" in 1775 ... The main impact of this pamphlet was to help cause the American colonists to decide to fight for independence.
https://www.enotes.com/homework.../explain-signifance-common-sense-pamphlet-1092... -
Shot Heard Around the World
The Shot Heard Around the world was a shot fired by an un-identified person at the battle of Lexington. When the Shot was fired, it Started the Battles of Lexington and Concord, and eventually, led to the American Revolution.
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Declaration of Independence
Adopted by the 2nd continental congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State house & then at war with the Kingdom of Great Britain.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence
