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Proclamation Line
King George lll ordered no more colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains -
Stamp Act
This act was the first Direct Tax on the colonists (not just merchants) -
Quartering Act
Required colonist to provide food and shelter to British soldiers -
Declaratory Act
to save face, this law declared England authority to make laws for the colonies -
Townshend Act
this serious of acts taxed items like tea, paper, and glass -
Boston Massacre
British soldiers fired on a heckling crowd of colonist -
Committee of Corerespondence
railed colonial opposition against British policy and established a political union among the 13 colonies -
Tea Act
Act of the parliament of Great Britain -
Boston Tea Party
political protest by the sons of liberty -
Intolerable or Coercive act
Harsh laws passed by the British Parliament -
Shot heard around the world
The first shot of the american revolution -
Common sense
Written by Thomas Paine advocating independence from great Britain -
Declaration Of Independence
Statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress Meeting in Pennsylvania State house
