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The Proclimation of 1763
"Prohibits any English settlement west of the Appliachan Appalachian mountains and requires those already settled in those regions to return east in an attempt to ease tensions with Native Americans." -
The Sugar Act
It rasied taxes on the imported foods to the colonies. -
The Stamp Act
Had to now pay taxes on every printed paper used. -
The Quarting Act
Colonists were now required to house british soldiers and feed them. -
Sons of Liberty
An underground organization who opposed the Stamp Act. -
The Boston Tea Party
Colonists disguized themselves as Indians, & boarded the English ships and dumped 342 containers of tea into the harbor. -
The Intolerable Acts
A series of punitive laws passed by British Parliament -
The First Continental Congress
"First Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia with 56 delegates, representing every colony, except Georgia. Attendants include Patrick Henry, George Washington, Sam Adams and John Hancock." -
Continental Association
"Congress adopts the Continental Association in which delegates agree to a boycott of English imports, effect an embargo of exports to Britain, and discontinue the slave trade." -
Coercive Acts Enforced
"In April, Massachusetts Governor Gage is ordered to enforce the Coercive Acts and suppress "open rebellion" among the colonists by all necessary force."
