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French/ Indian War
There were colonies in North America. The British wanted to trade the Native American who lived at Ohio River Valley. The French and the Indians built forts to protect their land from the British. Washington led an army and started the war against the French. -
Stamp Act
People had to pay tax for everything they used, such as legal documents, newspaper, and papers. -
Townshend Act
It was the act that people had to pay tax on glass, paints, and tea. The products had to be imported from Britian. -
Boston Massacre
It took place on Kings Street in Boston. It was a brawl between American colonists and a British soldier and it turned into a chaos. There was too many taxed against the colonists in the soldiers town. Colonists started calling the British names and the British destroyed their properties. -
First Continental Congress
All the 13 colonies met in Philadelphia for the First Continental Congress to form their unity. -
Boston Tea Party
It was the protest against British tea taxes, they dumped tea in the Boston Harbor. -
Tea Act
A law that stated only British business and East India could sell tea to the colonists, not anyone else. -
Intolerable acts
Came up with some laws to punish Massachusetts protests against the British during the Tea Party. -
Lexington and Concord
The first military engagement of the American Revolutionary war. Colonists wanted a self government. -
Publishing of Common Sense
The pamphlet “Common Sense” by Thomas Paine was published. His arguments were in favor of American Independence. -
Second Continental Congress
Wanted to form continental army, declaration of independence, George Washington led an army and directed war.
