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Stamp Act
This act was the first direct tax on colonists. Stamp act materials were newspaper, poster,deeds and playing cards. (notes) -
Quartering Act
required colonists to provide food and shelter to British solders. (notes) -
Declaratory Act
British people that went along with the canceling of the stamp act ( -
Townshend Acts
series of acts taxed items like tea, paper, and glass (notes) -
Boston Massacre
The British soldiers killed people while they were attacked by the mob in order to keep order
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Committee of Correspondence
colonial disprove of the British policy and tired to make up there own political union
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Tea Act
Tea act was to reduce the amount of tea (www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/tea-act) -
Proclamation Line
King George 3 command that no more colonial settlement west of the Appalachian mountains. colonial was angry and wanted more land and moved west and ignored the law (notes) -
Boston Tea Party
colonists protested. dumped all of the tea out into the Boston Harbor (notes) -
Intolerable or Coercive Acts
cruel laws that were passed by the British. They tired to punish Americans because of the Boston tea party act
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Shot Heard Around the World
start of the american revolution. fought and attacked British back to Boston. (notes) -
Common Sense
Thomas Paine wrote common sense this to and get independence. he felt Britain violated colonists rights (notes) -
Declaration of Independence
on July 2nd congress declared its independence from Britain (notes)
