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Proclamation Line
Forbid the American colonist to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains -
Sugar Act
This law taxed sugar and molasses, mainly impacting merchants -
Stamp Act
Tax placed on all paper goods by the British to help pay for the French and Indian War, later repealed -
Quartering Act
Required colonist to provide food and shelter to British soldiers -
Declaratory Act
Stated England had the right to tax the colonists at anytime -
Declaration Of The Independence
Is the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House; also the thirteen colonies were no longer ruled by the British -
Boston Massacre
Incident where five colonist were killed by British Soldiers -
Committee Of Correspondence
Network of individuals that kept people informed; throughout the colonies; created after the Boston Massacre -
Tea Act
An act of the Parliament of Great Britain: Main purpose was to reduce massive amount of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company -
Boston Tea Party
Incident where the Sons of Liberty dumped large amounts of British tea into the Boston Harbor -
Intolerable Act Or Coercive Act
Act where Boston is punished for their in the Boston Tea Party closed their government officers and led to the first continental congress -
" Shot Heard Around The World"
The first shot of the American Revolutionary War -
Common Sense
Is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine advocating independence from Great Britain to the people in the Thirteen Colonies
