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the proclamation of 1763
prohibited Angelo American colonists from settling on lands acquired from the French following the French and Indian war -
sugar act
cut the duty on foreign molasses from 6 to 3 pence per gallon retained a high duty on foreign refined sugar and prohibited the importation of all foreign rum -
boston tea party
The boston Tea party was an American political and mercantile protest -
intolerable acts
a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts bay for the boston tea party -
Declaration of independence
States the principles on which our government and our identity as Americans are based -
Articles of confederation
established the function of the national government of the United States after it declared independence from great Britain -
Treaty of Paris
ending the war of the American revolution based on a1782 preliminary treaty the agreement recognized U.S independence and granted the U.S significant western territory -
shays rebellion
shays rebellion was an armed uprising in western Massachusetts and Worcester in response to a debt crisis among the citizenry and in opposition to the state governments -
Virginia plan
Virginia plan outlined a strong national government with three branches legislative executive and judicial -
great (Connecticut) compromise
provided for a bicameral legislature with representation in the house of representatives according to population and in Senate by equal numbers for each state