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Proclamation Line
King George III issued a proclamation that forbade colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains. In so doing, he hoped to placate Native Americans who had sided against him during the recently concluded Seven Years' War. -
stamp act
The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. Ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards were taxed. -
quatering act
one of a series of measures primarily aimed at raising revenue from the British colonies in America -
declaratory act
stated parliament had the right to tax the colonist at anytime -
Townshend Acts
passed by parliament in 1767,placed taxes on imported material such as glass, lea, paint, paper and tea -
Boston Massacre
the boston massacre was the killing of five colonist by british soldiers -
Committee of Correspondence
The Committees of Correspondence rallied colonial opposition against British policy and established a political union among the Thirteen Colonies. Letter from Samuel Adams to James Warren -
Tea Act
this act is the catalyst of the Boston tea party , The Tea act was passed by Parliament on May 10, 1773, that granted the British East India Company Tea a monopoly on tea sales in the American Colonies -
Boston tea party
american colonist dressed as native americans throwing 342 trunks of cargo that was on the british tea ship into boston harbor -
Intolerable or Coercive Acts
punishment for the destruction wrought during the boston tea party a violent reaction to the british tea tax of 1773 -
"shots heard around ther world"
British troops searching for ammunition stockpiles in Concord encountered the local minutemen. The battle came to be known as the Battle of Concord. -
common sense
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Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House (Independence Hall) in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies
