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Navigation acts
The British enacted this to force the U.S. colonies to trade with them exclusively. This act was hardly enforced, the lack of enforcement was called "Saluatory neglect". -
End of Salutary Neglect
reinforcement of navigation acts which took place early in the year. Britain became more strict on who American colonies would trade with -
Proclamation of 1763
An agreement between British and Native Americans -
Sugar Act
Cut the tax on imported molasses by 50 percent. However it did not reduce imported sugar tax, and banned importing Rum. -
Stamp Act
The colonists had to pay a tax, represented by a stamp. -
Sons of Liberty
a loosely organized group of people, who wanted to advance the colonists rights and fight British taxation -
Townshend Acts
initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. and prohibited imports into the U.S. colonies from anywhere other than Britain. -
Boston Massacre
A confrontation in the city of Boston that resulted in tragic end of 5 lives. 9 British soldiers shot at American Colonists -
Committees of Correspondence
a method of communication between Colonial legislature and London -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was an event when multiple colonists dressed up as native american caricatures and threw tea off a boat from the British East India company -
Intolerable Acts
four acts, which raised taxes, forced the quartering of soldiers, and many more effects colonists disliked. -
First Continental Congress
Meeting of delegates of 12 out of 13 colonies in Philadelphia to demand colonists have the same rights as Englishmen. -
Patrick Henry "Give me Liberty or give me Death" Speech
Patrick Henry believed Great Britain was unwilling and unreasonable, and that colonists must win the war for independence -
Lexington and Concord
The first battle of the revolutionary war -
Second Continental Congress
Meeting of colonial delegates from all colonies which formally established independence from UK. -
Olive Branch Petition
The last formal attempt to stop a war between the colonies and Britain in the form of a letter -
Thomas Paine "Common Sense"
short, 47 page pamphlet advocating for U.S. Independence -
Declaration of Indpendence
A document which was sent to the King of the U.K. Declaring the 13 colonies an indepedent country from the U.K.