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Navigation Acts
Only English ships could bring goods into England, while the North American colonies could only export goods into England. -
Proclamation of 1763
prevented English people from settling on land of the French -
Sugar Act
Tax on sugar by the British paraliment in American colonies -
Stamp act
an act putting taxes on stamps -
Sons of Liberty
a political organization fighting taxation by the British government -
Townshend Acts
an act putting taxes on glass, lead, paper, paint, and tea -
Boston Massacre
an event where British soldiers shot at the protestors, killing a lot of people -
Committees of Correspondence
a way for colonial legislatures to communicate with their agents in London, the Sons of Liberty used committees of correspondence to organize resistance between cities -
Boston Tea Party
a protest on the taxation by the British government -
Intolerable Acts
series of 5 laws passed by the British after the Boston Tea Party -
First Continental Congress
a meeting of delegates of 12 of the Thirteen Colonies -
Olive Branch Petition
a petition as the last attempt to prevent formal war from being declared -
Second Continental Congress
a meeting that united in support of the American Revolution and the Revolutionary War which established American independence -
Lexington and Concord
the first major military campaign of the American Revolutionary War resulting in an American victory -
Patrick Henry “Give me Liberty or Give me Death” speech
a speech that argued that war with Britain was inevitable and that a military should be raised to defend American liberties -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence states the principles on which our government, and our identity as Americans, are based -
Thomas Paine “Common Sense”
Common Sense is a 47-page pamphlet advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies.