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By Elasha Randolph
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The Line of Proclamation was issued by King George III
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An act of the British Parliament that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents
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This act required colonists to provide food for any British soldiers in the area.
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Parliament agreed to repeal the Stamp Act on the condition that the Declaratory Act was passed.
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Townshend Act is a series of acts that taxed items like tea, paper, and glass.
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The Boston Massacre was the killing of five colonists by British regulars.
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The Committee of Correspondence rallied colonial opposition against British policy and established a political union among the Thirteen Colonies.
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The Tea Act was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain.
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Boston Tea Party was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston.
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The Intolerable Acts were the American term for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament after the Boston Tea Party.
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Came from the Battle of Lexington and Concord.
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Common Sense is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies.
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Declaration of Independence is the statement adapted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House Philadelphia.
