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Proclamation
This prcalmation did not allow colonists to settle west of the Appalachain Mountains. The British goverment feared the conflict between colonists and Native Americans would lead to another war. They also could not afford to pay troops to defemd the western lands. Colonists were enraged by this proclamation beacause they felt they had won ther right to settle in the Ohio River Valley after winning the French and Indian War. -
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Sugar Act
The Sugar Act is when you place taxes on sugar, molasses and other products shipped to the colonies. It calls for strict ebnforcement of the law, and parliament dosen't have ray in taxation. -
Quartering and Stamp Act
The Stamp Act is where the Colonies meet at stamp congress and the colonail Merchants boycott British goods. The stamp act gives parliament supreme authority to the govern the colonies still continues tug of war between Parliment and the colonies. The Quartering Act is when -
Boston Tea Party and Tea Act
The Boston Tea Party is the protest are againat the TEa Act and takes place throughout the colonies. Britians want repayment and men are responisible to be brought to trail. Parliament passes the Tea Act which gives Bratian Control over American Tea. -
Intolerable Act
The Intolerable Acts were laws that were really punishments that King George III put on the colonies. He did this to the Colonists because he wanted to punish them for dumping tea into the harbor at the Boston Tea Party. The Quakers petitioned King George to repeal or end the acts, but he said that the colonies must submit to these English laws. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The Battle of LExington and Concord is a battle met by 70 militramen. British troops destroy, Concords supplies. British troops fight, trained to act at a min at concord refused to retreat. Lexington and concord are the first Battles of the Revolutionary War. -
Olive Branch Petition
The Olive Branch Petition represents the last attempt by the moderate party in North America to avoid a war of independence against Britain. Also, the Olive Branch Petition was the last attempt by the Americans to avoid the Revolutionary War with Great Britain -
Declaration of Independence
The Declartion of Independance day is the Independance of the colonies which is celebrated on the 4th of July. Thomas Jefferson was to write the Declartion of Independance, claims that people hace the right that the goverment cannot take away. IF the goverment dissagress the right it losses it govern.
