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Proclamation Line
King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War, which forbade all settlement past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. -
Stamp Act
an act of the British Parliament in 1756 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents. -
Quartering Act
The act stated that troops could only be quartered in barracks and if there wasn't enough space in barracks then they were to be quartered in public houses and inns. -
Declaratory Act
Parliament then agreed to repeal the Stamp Act on the condition that the Declaratory Act was passed. Parliament repealed the Stamp Act and passed the Declaratory Act. -
townshend act
placing import taxes on many of the British products bought by Americans, including lead, paper, paint, glass and tea. -
Boston Massacre
was a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770, between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. -
committee of correspondence
were shadow governments organized by the Patriot leaders of the Thirteen Colonies on the eve of the American Revolution. -
Tea Act
the final straw in a series of unpopular policies and taxes imposed by Britain on her American colonies. -
boston tea party
was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, -
intolerable act
was the American Patriots' name for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea party. -
"Shot Heard Around the World"
Battle Breaks Out At Lexington. Engraving of the Battle of Lexington -
common sense
is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–76 that inspired people in the Thirteen Colonies to declare and fight for independence from Great Britain in the summer of 1776. -
Declaration of Independence
the most important documents ever to be written in the history of the United States of America. We refer to it still today as we recall the Bill of Rights and the Constitution.
