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The Treaty of Paris 1763 was signed by the Kingdoms of Great Britain, France and Spain, and Portugal on February 10th, 1763. This treaty ended the Seven Year's war between the French and Indians.
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The Proclomation Act of 1763 was an act issued by King George forbidding all colonists to settle west of the Applachain Mountains
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The Sugar Act was a direct taxation on sugars that were being imported to the colonies from Britain.
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The Stamp Act was issued as a direct taxation on stamps and other documents, such as newspapers and some forms of literature on the colonies
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The Quartering Act was issued to house or accomodate for any British troops in the colonies that needed help.
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Stamp Act Congress was the first meeting of elected representatives in the New World, the meeting was held in New York City, and was about how the colonists were going to react to the stamp act.
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The Declaration of Rights and Grievances was published by the Stamp Act Congress stating that the taxes that were being imposed on British colonists was unconstitutional.
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The Declaratory Act was a subsequent act that was imposed after the repeal of the Stamp Act, The act stated that the governments power was equal in the New World as it was Britain.
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The Stamp Act was repealed due to boycotts of British goods which later caused the Declaratory act against the colonists.
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The Townshend Acts were taxations on the British colonies on things such as lead, paper, tea, stamps, etc. The acts under the Townshend Acts are direct taxations against the colonists.
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The Boston Massacre was known as a "horrific day" in the eyes of colonists, where British soldiers were met by a mob of colonists throwing snowballs and stones and such to the point where the soldiers couldn't take it anymore. The soldiers fired at the colonists and ended up killing 5 and wounding others.
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The committees of Correspondance were formed by legislatures and people who were of high ranking in the colonies, these men represented the leading men of their colonies in making decisions as one nation.
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The Tea Act was an act issued by the British Parliament against the colonists, being a direct taxation on any tea products that the Britist colonists imported from Britain.
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The Boston Tea Party was a colonist act of rebellion against the British, the colonists dumped tea in the Boston Harbor to convey their message of "No taxation without representation"
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After the Boston Tea Party, the Intolerable Acts were another one of Britains many acts imposed on the colonists, named by the colonists because these acts were out of proportion in comparison to anything else.
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The First Continental Congress was a meeting between the 13 colonies discussing what they should do to retaliate to the acts the British imposed on them.
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The Battle of Lexington and Concord was a battle in the New World against the British, the first battle of the Revolutionary War resulting in a victory for the colonists.
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The Battle of Bunker Hill was a battle between the colonists and the British, a huge causing factor as to the colonists achieving independence from Britain.
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The Olive Branch Petition was a document that intended to come to an agreement with King George that the colonists were not looking for a full war against Britain.
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Common Sense was a book writen by Thomas Paine that influenced the colonists to retrieve independence away from the British.
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The Delcaration of independence was signed, stating that the colonies were going to stray away from Britain, forming what is now known as the United States of America.
