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writs of assistance
1760
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search warrants for the British officers to see if the colonists had smuggled goods
Proclamation of 1763
1763
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a law that forbid the colonists to settle on the west side of the Appalachian mountains
quartering act
1765
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the colonists had to provide anything that the British soldiers needed
sons and daughters of liberty
1765
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a secret society formed by colonists that were really affected by the stamp act
stamp act
1765
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a tax on all paper goods
boycotts
1767
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organized group by the colonists in order to protest against the British
townshed act
1767
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laws passed to put taxes on imported British goods
Boston Massacre
1770
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British soldiers started firing their guns and killed five people
boston tea party
1773
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the colonists dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston harbor
tea act
1773
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it gave the British East company control over american tea trade
first continental congress
1774
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a delegate from each of the colonies came to discuss the colonial resistance to England's new coercive of acts
intolerable acts
1774
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there were four laws that were passed taking away colonists "freedom"
common sense
1775 - 1776
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a pamphlet that challenged British authority written by Thomas Paine
olive branch petition
1775
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a document that asked the king to restore harmony between the British and the colonies
declaration of independence
1776
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a formal statement written by a group of five people saying what the colonies wanted to do