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Treaty of Paris
Ended the war between France and Great Britain causing the French to give up all of its territories in North America which ended any military threat Great Britain had in North America. -
Proclamation Act
Attracted British Settlers to Canada because it made British laws and culture apply to Canada. -
The sugar act
Increase revenue from the 13 colonies and lower the tax on molasses. Any sugar and molasses imported into the colonies was not taxed. -
The Stamp Act
Required the American Colonists to pay tax on every piece of printed paper they used. -
The Quartering Act
This Act required that any colonist had to provide food and shelter to any British soldiers that needed it. -
Stamp Act Congress
The first real congressional meeting in American History to setup a protest against British taxation. -
Declaratory Act
Repealed the Stamp Act -
Townshend Acts
These Acts by Britain where intended to raise the pay of the governors and judges to keep them loyal to Britain. -
Boston Massacre
This is what sparked the American Revolution. After tension built between British troops and the colonist the British troops ended up firing upon the colonist and killing 8 men. -
Committee of Correspondence
Colonial opposition against British Policy. -
Tea Act
Reduce the massive amount of tea help by the British East India Company. -
Boston Tea Party
A protest by the colonist on tea taxes imposed by the British. They dumped what would be equal to approximately 1 million dollars worth of tea into the Boston Harbor. -
First Continental Congress
A meeting of 12 delegates from the 13 colonies in response to the Intolerable Acts. -
Intolerable Acts
These were laws passed by the British parliament to punish those who threw all of the tea into the harbor. -
Declaration of Rights and Grievance
"It declared that taxes imposed on British colonists without their formal consent were unconstitutional." -
Lexington and Concord
First battles of the American Revolutionary war. -
Bunker Hill
One of the first battles of the Revolutionary was which was won by the British. -
Stamp Act Repealed
The British parliament repeals the stamp act. -
Declaration of Independence
This well known document declared the 13 colonies independent from Britain.