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Proclamation of 1763
King George the third made it so the colonist could not settle west of the Appalachian mountains -
Currency Act
Banned the use of paper money -
Sugar Act
taxes were put on sugar and allowed officials to check homes for smuggled sugar or molasses -
Stamp Act
Put taxes on most printed materials -
Sons Of Liberty
Protest against the stamp act, in large groups or mobs -
Non-Importation Agreement
a pledge took by colonist to not buy any British goods due to the stamp act -
Writs of Assistance
Search warrants that enabled British officials to enter any location at any time of the day -
The Townshend Acts
New taxes on glass, lead, paper, paint and imported tea -
Boston Massacre
British soldiers fired into an angry crowd of colonist killing 5 people -
The Gaspee Incident
Colonist burned down an English ship named the Gaspee -
Committees of Correspondence
Communicating with other colonies to unite against the British -
Tea Act
Made that tea could only be brought in from one place making it very expensive -
The Tea Party
Colonist dumped 342 chest of tea into Boston Harbor -
Coercive Acts
4 new Laws passed: Ports act, shuts down Bostons ports; Mass. Government Act, Governor appointed not elected; Administration of Justice Act, Cases against British were to be settled in British courts; Quartering Acts, people were to give lodging to British soldiers -
Quebec Act
Gave French religious freedom and restored French from Civil War -
1st Continental Congress
The first meeting held in Philadelphia to issue a deceleration of rights and a boycott of British goods -
Declaration of Independence
A document signed by all the colonies to show their independence from Britain
