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
Sugar Act, 1764
set a tax on sugar & taxes taxable items: wine, cloth, coffee &silk
Quartering Act, 1765
required colonies to provide the basic needs of British Soldiers - housing, cooking, firewood & candles
Stamp Act 1765
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
Sons of Liberty
secret organization of American colonists that protested famous saying no taxation without representation
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
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
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
The Declaration of Independence, 1776
written by Jefferson, announced that the 13 colonies were now independent states & no longer part of the British Empire
