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| British government issued a proclamation that prohibited colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains in the hope of preventing hostilities between the colonists and Native Americans (the colonists ignored it angered and went westward anyway) |
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| Thomas Paine/Common Sense/Crisis Papers |
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| 1765, tax on stamps which were required on most printed papers in the colonies (legal documents, newspapers, pamphlets, advertisments), first direct tax (collected from those who use goods) in the colonies |
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| required colonists to provide food and living quarters for British soldiers stationed in the colonies |
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| 1767, new taxes on colonial imports of tea, glass, and paper, also provided for search of private homes for smuggled goods (writ of assistance allowed an official to search any home for any reason) |
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| Chief Pontiac led a major attack against colonial settlements on the western frontier (Indians were angered by the growing westward movment of European settlers), they destroyed forts and settlements from New York to Virginia and the British sent regular troops to deal with them |
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| 1764, placed duties on sugar and certian luxuries |
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| March 1770, British soldiers killed five colonists by firing into a crowd who was harrassing them |
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| December 1773, the Sons of Liberty dressed up as Native Americans and dumped 342 chests of British tea into the Boston Harbor as a sign of protest against British taxation |
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| 1773, made the price of the British East India Company tea cheaper, even with tax (many colonists still refused to buy the idea because they didn't want to be taxed by the British) |
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| the Gaspee was a British customs ship that was burned by a group of colonists disguised as Native Americans in Rhode Island |
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1774, Used to punish Boston for the Boston Tea Party
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Closed ports of Boston, reduced power of Massachusetts legislature while increasing the power of the royal governor, allowed royal officials accused of crimes to be tried in England instead of in the colonies, expanded the Quartering Act
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Quebec Acts were also part of the Intolerable Acts- Britain extended Canada’s borders to the Ohio River Valley and set up a government without a representative assembly
- Angered americans because it took away their lands and they feared Britain would try to limit their governmental rights as well
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In response to the Stamp Act, representatives from 9 colonies met in New York in 1765 to resolve that only their own elected representatives had the legal authority to approve taxes
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a group of Patriots formed to rebel against Great Britain and protect the colonists. The group often times used violence as a way of resisting (responsible for the Boston Tea Party)
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| opposite of the patriots, these people supported the crown and did not want to break away from it. Tories typically tended to be wealthier and more conservate. Most government officials and Anglican clergy were loyalists |
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this was a group of delegates called together from all 13 states that would eventually lead to an important governing body in the United States- congress.
The first continental congress: was a meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and 56 delegates from 12 colonies met. After, Benjamin Franklin proposed the idea to meet on a yearly basis. This plan was not put into use until after Great Britain closed the ports of Boston as a response to the Boston Tea Party. All of the colonies except Georgia sent delegates. The delegates discussed how to respond to the Intolerable Acts. Most of the delegates did not want to break away from Great Britain, but others did want to break away from Great Britain.
The second continental congress met in Philadelphia again after the Battle of Lexington and Concord/after the Revolutionary War had begun. They decided that while the colonies would prepare for the war, the congress would try and work on making amends with Great Britain
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This battle wa a major turning point for the Americans because after they won this battle, France agreed to be their allies. This alliance and the French navy was a major contribution to American victory in the revolutionary war
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Residents of the backcountry often felt isolated from, and under-represented in, the colonial governments. They sometimes felt beleaguered because they lived closer to the worlds of the Indian tribes than the societies of the East. In 1763, a band of people from western Pennsylvania known as the Paxton Boys descended on Philidelphia with demands for relief from colonial taxes and for money to help them defend themselves against Indians.
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all English subjects are represented in Parliament, including those not allowed to vote
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