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Proclamation Line of 1763
It forbade settlers from settling past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. -
Committee of Correspondence
Shadow governments organized by the Patriot leaders of the Thirteen Colonies on the eve of the American Revolution. -
Stamp Act was passed
Required colonists to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. Ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards were taxed. -
Quartering Act passed
This required the colonies to provide barracks and supplies to British troops. -
Declaratory Act passed
Repealed the Stamp Act. -
Townshend Acts were passed
Raise revenue in the colonies to pay the salaries of governors and judges so that they would remain loyal to Great Britain and to create a more effective means of enforcing compliance with trade regulations. -
Boston Massacre
British Army soldiers killed five male civilians and injured six others. -
Tea Act
Reduced the massive surplus of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company in its London warehouses and to help the struggling company survive. -
Intolerable Acts
Punished the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in throwing a large tea shipment into Boston harbor. -
Boston Tea Party
A political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston. The demonstrators, some disguised as American Indians, destroyed an entire shipment of tea sent by the East India Company. -
"Shot Heard Around the World"
British troops, searching for ammunition stockpiles in Lexington and Concord, engaged in a brief battle with local minutemen on the North Bridge in Concord. -
Common Sense
A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in that inspired people in the Thirteen Colonies to declare and fight for independence from Great Britain. -
Declaration of Independence announced
Explained to foreign nations why the colonies had chosen to separate themselves from Great Britain.
