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Proclamation of 1763
This proclamation limited settlement in the West for the colonists -
Sugar Act
British place taxes on sugar and molasses -
Stamp Act
British required all documents and legal papers to have a tax stamp on them -
Quartering Act
Forced colonists to make their homes available to British soldiers -
Stamp Act Congress
Colonists decided that they had the right to make laws for themselves -
Townshend Act
British put taxes on items such as paper, paint, lead and glass -
Writs of Assistance
Granted British search warrants that did not expire -
Boston Massacre
Frightened British guards killed five colonists after being threatend -
Tea Act
This act gives total control of the tea industry to the British -
Boston Tea Party
Colonists dressed up as indians and threw all of the British tea into the harbor in protest. -
Intolerable Acts
British passes many terrible acts to punish colonists for Boston Tea Party -
First Continental Congress
It was a meeting of many patriots who were unhappy with the Intolerable Acts -
Edenton Tea Party
Women in North Carolina stop drinking tea in protest. -
Lexington and Concord
The colonists won the first Revolutionary War battle -
Mecklenburg Resolves
The first " Declaration" of independence which occured present day Charlotte -
Battle of Bunker Hill
Even though the colonists lost this battle, the British lost many troops -
Second Continental Congress
The earliest form of US government -
Common Sense
Thomas Paine’s writings about why America should be independent -
Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge
The colonists won this battle in NC, and convined other colonies to join the fight -
Halifax Resolves
Declared North Carolina's desire to be independent from Britain -
Declaration of Independence
America officially declaring themselves free from Britain
