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Navigation Acts
The Navigation Act states that the British are the only ones allowed to bring goods into England. -
End of Salutary Neglect
The British strengthened the Navigation Acts, taxed the colonies, and increased restrictions and regulations. -
Proclamation of 1763
Prevented Anglo-Americans from settling on land that the French had acquired in the French and Indian War. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act cut the import of molasses in half and prohibited the import of any foreign rum. -
Stamp Act
The British made the Stamp Act to pay for their military by taxing all legal and official papers and publications throughout the colonies. -
Sons of Liberty
This group was made to undermine the British in America, this group was also a part of the Boston Tea Party. -
Townshend Acts
The Townshend Act put taxes on materials like glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was when seven British soldiers fired into a crowd of American colonists killing five and wounding six. -
Committees of Correspondence
The Committees of Correspondence was a way for legislatures to communicate with agents in London. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was when American patriots dressed as Mohawk Indians climbed onto a British vessel and threw 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts are a list of five punitive laws that were passed by the British Parliament these five were set in motion after the events of the Boston Tea Party. -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting with the leaders of 12 of the 13 colonies they discussed that colonists should have the same rights as the Englishmen. -
Patrick Henry “Give me Liberty or Give me Death” speech
Patrick Henry's speech helped convince American colonists to seek freedom from the British. -
Lexington and Concord
Lexington and Concord were the first major battles during the American Revolution resulting in American victory over the British. -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was a meeting with all the leaders of the 13 colonies about whether they should revolt against their government or not. -
Olive Branch Petition
The Olive Branch Petition was the last attempt to prevent a war between the American colonists and the British. -
Thomas Paine “Common Sense”
Thomas Paine's “Common Sense” helped convince the 13 colonies to pursue independence from Britain. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was a document that stated that the American colonists wanted independence from the British this is the founding document of the United States.