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a British-produced boundary marked in the Appalachian Mountains at the Eastern Continental Divide -
The Sugar Act was designed to both raise revenue for Britain and to curb colonial smuggling of goods like molasses. -
to help pay for British troops stationed in the colonies during the Seven Years' War. -
The Townshend Acts were designed to address the financial difficulties Britain faced after the French and Indian War and to reassert parliamentary authority over the colonies. -
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a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party -
granted the Company the right to directly ship its tea to North America and the right to the duty-free export of tea from Britain -
The British encountered a small group of colonial militia on Lexington Green. A shot was fired, leading to a brief exchange of fire, with eight Americans killed and ten wounded. The British proceeded to Concord, where they searched for supplies. At the North Bridge, they clashed with more militia, resulting in casualties on both sides. -
a document adopted by the Second Continental Congress which proclaimed that the thirteen American colonies were free and independent states, no longer under British rule. -
a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine and published