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This act was created by the British to set up laws on restrictions of colonial trade to North America and other countries. This act was an important act to the American Revolution because it allowed the British to only be the ones trading with other nations and North America wanted freedom from this because they weren't allowed to trade. -
This prohibited the settlement of British colonists west of the Appalachian mountains. This was a spark in the American Revolution because the British were getting mad that they couldn't settle past the mountains and it took their newly concord land away from them. -
The End of Salutary Neglect was when the British reduced their policy of allowing American colonies to self-govern but made them go under strict British laws and pay high taxes. This is important to the revolution because American colonists started to resist and wanted independence from Britain. -
The Sugar Act was an act that the British enforced on sugars, molasses, and things that were not imported by British trade. This was important in the American Revolution because the American colonists didn't stand for things only through British trade and wanted to stand up for themselves. -
Sons of Liberty was a Patriot secret paramilitary group. This event sparked part of the American Revolution because it was put into play to carry out British rule. -
The Stamp Act was an act put in place by the British that made colonists pay taxes represented by a stamp. The colonists had to pay for the British troops during the Seven Year War. It taxed everything like newspapers and documents. This act is important to the American Revolution because it put a tax on materials and printing materials American colonists used. -
The Townshend Act was an act that taxed American colonists on materials like tea, paper, glass, etc. This act sparked part of the American Revolution because of the taxes on materials and it formed riots and boycotts. -
The Boston Massacre happened when British soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists sparking part of the American Revolution. -
The Committees of Correspondence was a network of political organizations formed in the colonies during the lead-up to the American Revolution -
The Boston Tea Party was an act of Indigenous Americans. A dozen men entered a ship and started dumping tea into the river. This sparked the American Revolution because it served as a powerful symbol of colonial defiance against British rule, specifically protesting unfair taxation policies like the Tea Act. -
The Intolerable Act was a series of four laws passed by the British to punish the colonists of Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party. This sparked the American Revolution because the British tried to put the American colonists back into place after the events prior. -
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of twelve of the thirteen American colonies that convened in Philadelphia, to discuss and protest against growing British oppression. This sparked the American Revolution because the Americans were trying to get back at the British. -
The Second Continental Congress was a group of the 13 colonies coming together and creating a government. -
Patrick Henry's “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death” speech argued that war with Britain was inevitable and that a militia should be raised to defend American liberties. -
The Lexington and Concord was the first military engagement in the American revolution -
The Olive Branch Petition was a document sent by the Second Continental Congress to King George III, in a last attempt to avoid war with Great Britain -
Thomas Paine's “Common Sense” helped sway the Thirteen Colonies toward independence from Britain. -
The Declaration of Independence was a document created and signed by the 13 founding fathers that created and structured our government. This document gave independence from British rule.