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Boston Tea Party
Tea was made cheaper, but the law cut colonist businesses out of money -
French and Indian War
French and Indian War definition. A series of military engagements between Britain and France in North America between 1754 and 1763. The French and Indian War was the American phase of the Seven Years' War, which was then underway in Europe. -
proclamation of 1763
Prohibited colonist from settling west of the Appalachian mts. -
Sugar Act
Taxed molasses and sugar, colonist began to boycott British of the colonist. -
Stamp Act
All legal docs and printed papers, stamp agents. -
quartering act
Britain asked the colonist to host 1,500 soldiers and supply there necessities to live -
declaratory act
declaration by the British Parliament that accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act. It stated that the British Parliament's taxing authority was the same in America as in Great Britain. Parliament had directly taxed the colonies for revenue in the Sugar Act -
Townshend act
Levied a tax on glass, lead, paper, paint, and tea. -
Boston Massacre
a riot in Boston arising from the resentment of Boston colonists toward British troops quartered in the city, in which the troops fired on the mob and killed several persons. Examples from the Web for Boston Massacre Expand. -
committees of correspondence
network of communication for passing along news of the British activity to the colonies -
The Tea Act
after the Boston massacre, the colony stayed calm. -
The Intolerable Acts
The British are determined to show the colonist that they are to be loyal obey all laws -
The Battle Of Bunker Hill
the patriots surrounded Boston on every side except Charleston -
The Shot Heard Around The World
Shot started the American Revelation -
Second Continental congress
The second Congress managed the colonial war effort, and moved incrementally towards independence, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence
