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Prohibited colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains. -
A British law passed on April 5, 1764, aimed at raising revenue from the American colonies to help pay for the costs of defending them. -
The Stamp Act was a British law passed in 1765 that imposed a direct tax on the American colonies, requiring colonists to purchase a government-issued stamp for legal documents, newspapers, playing cards, and other paper goods. -
A series of British laws passed in 1767 to raise revenue, assert British authority, and address colonial resistance to previous acts like the Stamp Act. -
A gathering of delegates from twelve of the thirteen American colonies (Georgia did not attend) to discuss the escalating tensions with Great Britain. -
A series of four laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774. -
Aimed to bail out the financially struggling East India Company by granting it a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies. -
These battles took place primarily in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, and marked the beginning of armed conflict between the British Empire and its thirteen American colonies. -
Referred to a sensory faculty that combined the input of the five physical senses. -
Announced the thirteen American colonies' separation from Great Britain -
A governing body of the thirteen American colonies during the Revolutionary War, from 1775 to 1781.