Events Leading to Revolutionary War

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The Proclamation of 1763 was designed to:

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prevent future conflicts between the colonists and Natives

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Required American colonial goods to be shipped to England where they were then sold by English merchants.

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Navigation Acts

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Taxes on legal documents, wills, diplomas, marriage papers, newspapers, almanacs, playing cards, and dice.

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The Stamp Act

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Taxes on glass, paper, paint, lead, and tea.

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The Townshend Acts

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Let the British East India Company bypass tea merchants and sell directly to American colonists.

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The Tea Act

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Laws passed by Parliament in response to the Boston Tea Party.

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The Intolerable Acts

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Required American colonists to house and feed British soldiers stationed in the colonies. The British soldiers could stay in private homes instead of barracks.

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The Quartering Act - 1774

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This act allowed England to make all decisions for the colonists and tax anything they wanted.

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The Declaratory Act

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A fight breaks out between soldiers and citizens. Five people are killed. This event is used by colonial leaders as propaganda against the British. Colonists boycott British goods & Parliament repeals all taxes, except on tea. What is this event called?

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Boston Massacre

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Why did the delegates meet at the First Continental Congress?

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To make a list of grievances of all of the things that they didn't like over the past 15 years and submit it to King George.