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Navigation Acts
They were laws passed by the british to keep control over trade. They made colonists buy English goods and limited trade -
Proclamation of 1763
Britain said that the area across the Appalachian Mountains, were only for the indians -
Treaty of Parish of 1763
Document that ended the French & Indian war. Ended French power over the ohio river valley. -
Sugar Act
made merchants pay a 3 pence tax on sugar and molasses -
Stamp Act
An act that said the colonists had to pay for a stamp on every paper good they bought. -
Stamp Act Congress
A meeting with representitives to protest the Stamp Act -
Quartering Act
An act that forced colonists to provide housing, food and clothing for British troops. -
Townshend Act
An act that placed a tax on tea, glass, paper, paint and lead. -
Boston Massacre
A protest gone wrong, 5 colonists murdered -
Tea Act
Made British East India Company the monopoly of tea -
Boston Tea Party
An organized protest where Colonials threw 40,000 pounds of tea into the Boston Harbor -
Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts)
Laws passed by Britain in response to the Boston Tea Party to punish Boston. -
First Continental Congress
a meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies and was called in response to the Intolerable Acts. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
Was the first fight against the British and set off the War -
Second Continental Congress
A meeting to decide how to approach the war and if we should even fight. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The British took over the fort at Breeds Hill but not easily, losing at least a 1000 men. -
Olive Branch Petition
The last attempt of not going to war as a petition to the King. -
Common Sense
A pamphlet stating that it was COMMON SENSE to not be ruled by a tyrant ruler 3000 miles away and that war was eminent. -
Declaration of Independence
A text declaring independence from Britian