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proclamation line
this reserved the lands west of the Appalachians for the native inhabitants and forbidding colonists from settling in the area. -
Stamp Act
This act required the colonist newspapers, legal documents and other printed materials be printed on special paper from England that had an embossed revenue stamp on it. -
Quartering Act
The reach of the quartering act was increased to 1774. This required each American colony to provide housing and basic needs for British soldiers stationed within its borders. -
Declaratory Act
A British law passed in mid March by great Britain. This act was passed the same time that the stamp act was repealed. -
Townshend Acts
Series of four acts passed by the British parliament in an attempt to assert what it considered to be its historic right.
The Town shed act was important because they led to the introduction of the Boston non-importation agreement. -
Boston Massacre
a squad of British soldiers, come to support a sentry who was being pressed by a heckling, snowballing crowd, let loose a volley of shots. three people killed immediately. -
committee of correspondence
the Virginia House of Burgesses proposed that each colonial legislature appoint a committee for intercolonial correspondence. -
tea act
the tea act was an act of Great Britain to impose a tax on tea. -
Boston Tea Party
over hundreds of people participated in the Boston tea party. there were three ships involved. 340 chests of tea were distinguished into the water -
intolerable or coercive acts
this was the response to the tea act, this British Parliament passed a group of laws in 1774 which were dubbed the intolerable acts by the American colonist. -
" shot heard around the world "
70 minutemen had gathered together and ready to fight. suddenly there was a shot fired, and it was chaos. That's when was began. -
common sense
Thomas Paine wrote this pamphlet to change the minds of people who wanted to peacefully settle their differences with the British government to fight for independence instead. -
Declaration of Independence
This declaration was signed by the congressional representatives of the 13 colonies of colonial america. This document stated the reasons the 13 colonies wanted to be free of Great Britain's government,
