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The Proclomation of 1763
This order prohibited, or barred, colonists from living west of the Appalachian Mountains, on Native American land. -
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The American Revoloution
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The Sugar Act
lowered the tax on the molasses the colonists imported.The act also allowed officers to seize goods from accused smugglers without going to court. -
The Stamp Act
This law taxed almost all printed materials. Newspapers, wills, and even playing cards needed a stamp to show that the tax had been paid. -
Declaratory Act
It had the right to tax and make decisions for the colonies "in all cases." -
Townshend Acts
Tax imports such as glass, tea, and paper. The tax was paid when the goods arrived—before they were brought inside the colonies. -
Boston Massacre
A fight broke out between some Bostonians and soldiers.After one soldier was knocked down, the nervous redcoats did fire. They killed five colonists. -
committee of correspondence
The group circulated calls for action against Britain. Soon committees of correspondence sprang up throughout the colonies, bringing together protesters opposed to British measures. -
Tea act
Gave the company nearly total control of the market for tea in the colonies. The Tea Act also removed some—but not all—of the taxes on tea. -
The Boston Tea Party
three ships loaded with tea arrived in Boston Harbor. The royal governor ordered that they be unloaded. The Boston Sons of Liberty acted swiftly. Colonists dressed as Native Americans boarded the ships and threw 342 chests of tea overboard. -
Coercive Acts
These laws were meant to punish the colonists for resisting British authority. One Coercive Act applied to all the colonies. It forced the colonies to let British soldiers live among the colonists. -
Continental Congress
Leaders from twelve of the thirteen colonies attended the meeting. Only Georgia did not send a representative. -
The British are coming
Watching for any unusual activity by the British, he saw troops marching out of the city. Revere and Dawes rode to Lexington, a town east of Concord, to spread the word that the British were coming. Revere galloped across the countryside, shouting his warning of the approaching troops. Hearing the news, Samuel Adams said, "What a glorious morning this is!" He was ready to fight. -
Fort Ticonderoga
After the battles at Lexington and Concord, armed conflict with British forces quickly spread. Benedict Arnold, a captain in the Connecticut militia, raised a force of 400 to seize Fort Ticonderoga near Lake Champlain in New York. Ticonderoga occupied a key location. It was also rich in military supplies. Arnold learned that Ethan Allen of nearby Vermont also planned to attack the fort, so he joined forces with Allen's men—the so-called Green Mountain Boys. Together, they took the British by sur -
The battle on Breed's Hill
Militia commanded by Colonel William Prescott set up posts on Bunker Hill and Breed's Hill, across the harbor from Boston. The next day, the redcoats assembled at Breed's Hill. Bayonets drawn, they charged. The Americans opened fire, forcing the British to retreat. Twice more the redcoats charged, receiving furious fire from above. Finally, the Americans ran out of gunpowder and had to withdraw. -
The Declaration of Independence
announced that the thirteen American colonies, Then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as thirteen newly independent sovereign states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. Instead they formed a new nation
