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Signed on February 10th by the kingdoms of Great Britain, France, Spain, and Portugal in agrreement after Britain's victory over France and Spain while the Seven Years' War was occuring.
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The Proclamation Act forbade all settlement past a line drawn along the Appalacian Mountains.
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The Committee of Correspondence were governments organized by patriot leaders of the 13 colonies.
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Parliament passed the Sugar Act on April 5th, 1764. The Sugar Act was an extension of the Molasses Act. It was proposed by Prime Minister George Grinville.
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The Stamp Act was passed by the British parliament on March 22nd, 1765.
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A name given to two Acts of British Parliament in local governments to provide the British soldiers with needed accommodations or housing.
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The Stamp Act Congress was a meeting held in New York City. It was the first gathering of elected representatives from the American colonies.
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After numerous months of protest in America, the British Parliament repealed the Stamp Act.
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The Declaratory Act was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain. It stated that the British Parliaments taxing authority was the same in America as in Great Britain.
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A series of acts passed by the Parliament of Great Britain relating to the British colonies in North America.
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The Boston Massacre was a horrible street fight that occurred on March 5th, 1770. Several colonists were killed. Stones and sticks were thrown, there were also mobs.
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The tea act was the final act in a number of policies and taxes imposed by Britain on American colonies.
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The Boston Tea Party was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston. 342 chests of tea were dumped into the harbor.
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The Intolerable Acts was a series of laws passed by the British Parliament after the Boston Tea Party. They were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for throwing a huge amount of tea shipment into the Boston Harbor.
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A convention of delegates called together from the 13 colonies which became the governing body of the United States.
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The Declaration of Grievances was a document written by the Stamp Act Congress.
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Lexington & Concord was a battle fought during the American Revolutionary War.
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Bunker Hill was a battle fought in 1775 in the early stages of the Revolutionary War. The British defeated the Americans.
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It was an attempt to assert rights of the colonists while maintaining their loyalty to the British crown.
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A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine setting forth his arguments in favor of American independence.
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The Declaration of Independence is a very important document that summarizes the colonists' motivations for seeking independence.
