was a tax imposed by the British Parliament on the colonies that required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used (legal
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The Declaration of Independence, 1776
written by Jefferson, announced that the 13 colonies were now independent states & no longer part of the British Empire
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Sons of Liberty
secret organization of American colonists that protested famous saying no taxation without representation
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Intolerable Acts, 1774
also called Coercive Acts, intended to punish the colony of Massachusetts for destroying the tea & show other American colonies what might happen i they disobey
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Boston Tea Party, 1773
after officials in Boston refused to return three shiploads of taxed tea to Britain, a group of colonists boarded the ships and destroyed the tea by throwing it
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Sugar Act, 1764
set a tax on sugar & taxes taxable items: wine, cloth, coffee &silk
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Proclamation of 1763
regulation of trade, settlement, and land purchases on the western frontier. The Proclamation of 1763 forbade English colonists to live west of the Appalachian
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Boston Massacre, 1770
five civilian colonists were killed by British soldiers. It was the culmination of civilian-military tensions result a heavy tax was imposed
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Quartering Act, 1765
required colonies to provide the basic needs of British Soldiers - housing, cooking, firewood & candles