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Treaty of Paris 1763
The treaty that ended the French and Indian War. -
Proclamation Act
King George the 3rd's acauisition of their territory in North America. -
The Sugar Act
Stopping the British of taxing the Colonists for sugar. -
The Stamp Act
All Americans were taxed for every sheet of paper they used. -
The Quartering Act
American colonists had to give housing or needed accommodations to British soldiers. -
Stamp Act Congress
A meeting between the colonists to protest against the British tax. A meeting from October 7th 1765-October 25th 1765 -
Declaration of Rights and Grievances
A document made by the Stamp Act Congress and passed on October 19th, 1765. The document declared that taxes imposed on British colonists without there consent was unconstitutional. -
Stamp Act Repealed
The Stamp Act was repealed -
Townshend Acts
The Townshend Act was named after Charles Townshend, who obviuslymade the act. The purpose of the Townshend Acts was to raise revenue in the colonies to pay the salaries of jusges and goveners so they would stay loyal to the Great Britain. -
Boston Massacre
A street fight against a PAtriot mob and British soldiers. -
Committee of Correspondence
Shadow governments organized by the Patriot leaders of the thirteen colonies. -
Tea Act
An Act made by the Parliment of Great Britain.The main objective was to reduces the amount of tea. -
Boston Tea Party
When the colonists dumped all the tea into the harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
A punishment ment for the Americans by the British parlement for the Boston Tea Party. -
1st Continental Congress
A meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies that met on September 5th to October 26th, 1774 at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This happend early in the American Revolution. -
Lexington and Concord
The first military engaments of the Revolutionary War. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The British defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill. The Battle of Bunker Hill was an earlier event in the Revelutionary War. -
Olive Branch petition
The petition to avoid war against the British. -
Declaratory Act
An act made by the Paliment of Great Britian. It repealed the Stamp Act of 1765 and changed the Sugar Act. -
Common Sense
A phamlet writtin by Thomas Paine that inspired the colonists to declare and fight for their independence in the summer of 1776. -
Decleration of Independence
The decleration the gave America it's Independence. It's authors were Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, John Adams, and Robert R. Livingston.
