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Great Britain gained much more land in North America because of the | French and Indian War |
This was issued by the British government forbidding colonists to move west of the Appalachian Mountains. | Proclamation of 1763 |
The French/Indian War caused the British government to go into debt, so they decided to tax the colonists. The first tax in 1764 was called the | Sugar Act |
Next, the British government taxed everything involving paper. This was called the | stamp Act |
Because the colonists were refusing to pay the new taxes, the British sent soldiers to live with the colonists. This was called the | Quartering Act |
Some colonists rebelled against these Acts, forming a group called the | Sons of Liberty |
Because of the colonists’ rebellion, the Acts had to be canceled. So the British government tried again by taxing imported British goods. These Acts were called the | Townshend Acts |
Colonists who supported the rebellion were called | Patriots |
In 1770 five colonists were killed by British soldiers. This later became known as the | Boston Massacre |
This group of people helped spread news to colonists in order to gain support for the Patriot cause. This group was called the | Committees of Correspondence |
All Acts were repealed except for the | Tea Act |
Colonists boycotted the Tea Act by dumping 342 chests of tea in the Boston Harbor. This became known as the | Boston Tea Party |
These Acts in 1774 were meant to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party. The colonists called them | The Intolerable Acts |
This was formed to bring all the 13 colonies together to decide what to do about the Intolerable Acts | The First Continental Congress |
This became the colonists’ slogan when rebelling against the British government. | No taxation without representation |