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Proclamation of 1763
Was issued October 7, 1763, by King George lll following Great Britains acquisition of French territory in North America afther the end of the French and Indian war -
Sugar Act
Also know as the American Revenue Act or the American Duties Act, was a revenue - raising act passed the Parliament of Great Britain on April 15 1764 -
Stamp Act
British Parliment in 1765 that exacted revenue from the America colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspaper and legal and commercial documents -
Townshend Act
A series of measures introduced into the English Parliament by Chancllor of the Exchequer Charles Townsherd in 1767 -
Boston Massacre
Was a street fight throwing snowballs, stones and sticks -
Tea Act
Was the final straw in a series of unpopular policies and taxes imposed by Britain on her American colonies. -
Boston Tea Party
Was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston,on December 16, 1773 -
Intolerable Acts
We're the American Patriots term for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 afther the Boston Tae Party. -
Declaration of Independence
Is the statement adopted by continent at Congress meeting at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 4 1776