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Treaty of Paris 1763
The treaty of pairs ended the French and Indian War. -
Proclamation Act
This proclamation came out at the end of the french and Indian war. -
Committees of Correspondence
The Committees of Correspondence was the colonies first way of keeping contact with each other. -
Sugar Act
The sugar act was a tax placed on sugar and molasses. This tax had a big impact on rum production because molasses is needed to make rum. -
Stamp Act
This tax was placed on all Americans this made them pay for every piece of printed paper they used. -
The Quartering Act
This act forced the people of the colonies to house and feed the British soldiers. -
Stamp Act Congress
This was the first meeting with the elected representative in the colonies. -
Stamp Act Repealed
Benjamin Franklin talked before the British House of Common to get the Stamp Act repealed. -
Declaratory Act
This act was passed by the British government. It helped repeal the stamp act. -
Townshend Act
The Townshend ac was a tax placed on glass, paint, paper and tea that was imported to the colonies. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston massacre was a street fight with the people of Boston and some British soldiers the solider fired there weapons and killed 5 colonists -
Boston Tea party
This was a protest lead by the sons of liberty against the tea act where they through 1000's of pounds of tea in to the river. -
The Intolerable Acts
The intolerable acts were passed after the Boston Tea Party. The intolerable acts was a term used by the colonies after a series of laws were passed that they didn't agree with. -
1st Continental congress
This was a meeting with 12 of the 13 colonies at Garpenter Hall in Philadelphia early on the american revolution. -
Declaration of Right and Grievances
This declaration declared that taxes imposed on the colonies were unconstitutional. -
Lexington and Concord
This was the first battle of the revolutionary war. -
The Battel of Bunker Hill
This battle was one of the first battles fought in the revolutionary war. -
Appeal to Reason Reject
This was the least letter sent to king George to try and avoid a war before the war actually started. -
Common Sense
Common Sense was written by Thomas Paine. The article told people to stand up for there rights. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence stated that the 13 colonies were no longer under the control of the British -
Tea Act
This was passed by the British to reduce the large amount of tea that was held by the British East India Company.