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Proclamation Line
Issued by King George lll following Great Britain's purchase of French territory in North America after the French and Indian War. That forbidden the American colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains. -
Stamp Act
Passed by the British Parliament; Tax placed on all paper goods by the British to help pay for the French and Indian War; later repealed. -
Quartering Act
Two Acts of the British Parliament in the local governments of the American colonies. That provided the British soldiers with any needed buildings of housing -
Declaratory Act
Stated Parliament had the right to tax the colonists at anytime -
Townshend Act
Passed by Parliament in 1767, placed taxes on imported materials such as glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. -
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 Boston Massacre -
Tea Act
A British Law, passed by the Parliament of Great Britain. This was made to bail out the British East Indian Company and made the company's market bigger on the tea trade to all British Colonies, selling left over tea at a reduced price -
Boston Tea Party
Incident where the Sons of Liberty dumped large amounts of British Tea into the Boston Harbor -
Intolerable or Coercive Acts
Act where Boston is punished for their part in the Boston Tea Party. Closed Boston Harbor; closed their government offices and led to the First Continental Congress -
Shot Heard Around the World
The first shots fired just after dark in Lexington, Massachusetts. It happened the morning of the 19th. -
Common Sense
Wrote by Thomas Paine, this challenged the power of the British government and the royal government . -
Declaration of Independence
Document that Declarations the independence of the United States from Great Britain; written by Thomas Jefferson
